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Folk Tales Genre

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Books in the Folk Tales genre:

Robin Hood (1917)

The legends of Robin Hood are recounted by Paul Creswick. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Paul Creswick
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

My Bookhouse: From the Tower Window (1920)

A collection of stories, poems and tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
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My Bookhouse: In the Nursery (1920)

This first volume of the anthology includes nursery rhymes and poetry along with short folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.

Stories of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (1920)

The legends of Robin Hood told by Henry Gilbert. This is an abridged edition of the 1912 publication with only eight color plates.

Author(s): Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Tales of Enchantment from Spain (1920)

Fifteen tales that trace their origin to old Spain. Read online at archive.org.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1921)

A selection from the Arabian Nights with black and white illustrations by Louis Rhead and color by Frank Schoonover. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

How It Came About Stories (1921)

A collection of Native American stories. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Frank Bird Linderman
Illustrator(s): Carle Michel Boog

Money in My Socks Says Pat O'Brien Go Jingle 'em 'an See (1921)

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Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Rip Van Winkle (1921)

Out hunting, Rip plays at bowls with the men of the mountains and drinks too deeply of their liquor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Grimms Märchenschatz (1923)

A selection of the tales of the Brothers Grimm with thirty-two color illustrations by Tenggren. The text is in German.... View More

Maid Marian and Other Stories Selected from Robin Hood (1923)

Stories from the Robin Hood legends.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton
Rowland Wheelwright

Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)

More American fairy tales by the poet of the prairies. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

A Very Little Child’s Book of Stories (1923)

A collection of new and old stories and poems for very young children. Read online at Hathitrust.

Legends of Charlemagne (1924)

A collection of romances from medieval and renaissance Europe.

Author(s): Thomas Bulfinch
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

The End of the Rainbow (1925)

This illustration was probably prepared for a periodical, but the source is unknown.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Nursery Friends from France (1925)

A collection of songs, nursery rhymes and tales from France intended for younger children. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

Paul Bunyan (1925)

The legendary Paul Bunyan was an inventor and orator, and an industrialist whose labors surpassed those of Hercules. He ruled American life in the period between the Winter of the Blue Snow and the Spring That the Rain Came Up From China. Read online... View More

Author(s): James Stevens
Illustrator(s): Allen Lewis

Tales Told In Holland (1926)

A collection of stories, poems and pictures from Holland.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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