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Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books Series
Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books, also known as ‘Christmas Books,’ are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. Here is the order of publication:
- The Blue Fairy Book (1889)
- The Red Fairy Book (1890)
- The Blue Poetry Book (1891)
- The Green Fairy Book (1892)
- The True Story Book (1893)
- The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
- The Red True Story Book (1895)
- The Animal Story Book (1896)
- The Pink Fairy Book (1897)
- The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1898)
- The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)
- The Grey Fairy Book (1900)
- The Violet Fairy Book (1901)
- The Book of Romance (1902)
- The Crimson Fairy Book (1903)
- The Brown Fairy Book (1904)
- The Red Romance Book (1905)
- The Orange Fairy Book (1906)
- The Olive Fairy Book (1907)
- The Book of Princes and Princesses (1908)
- The Red Book of Heroes (1909)
- The Lilac Fairy Book (1910)
- The All Sorts of Stories Book (1911)
- The Book of Saints and Heroes (1912)
- The Strange Story Book (1913)
Books in the Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books series:
The Blue Fairy Book (1889)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
Jacomb Hood
The Red Fairy Book (1890)
In this the second of his fairy books, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
Lancelot Speed
The Blue Poetry Book (1891)
The purpose of this collection is to provide children with great poems. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
Lancelot Speed
The Green Fairy Book (1892)
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
A multitudinous collection of fairy tales from many lands. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Red True Story Book (1895)
A collection of true stories of adventure and heroism. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Animal Story Book (1896)
Here are 66 illustrated tales, mostly true, about creatures of land, sea, and air. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Pink Fairy Book (1897)
A collection of fairy tales from many lands. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1898)
Tales selected from The Thousand Nights and a Night. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)
A collection of stories about animals, mainly true. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Grey Fairy Book (1900)
A collection of fairy stories from around the world. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Violet Fairy Book (1901)
A collection of traditional fairy tales from many lands. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Book of Romance (1902)
A collection of romances, chiefly from the Arthurian cycle. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Crimson Fairy Book (1903)
A collection of traditional fairy tales, mainly from Europe. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Brown Fairy Book (1904)
Stories from many different cultures. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Red Romance Book (1905)
A selection of stories from the old epics and some newer tales such as Don Quixote. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Orange Fairy Book (1906)
A diverse collection of fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Olive Fairy Book (1907)
An eclectic collection of fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Book of Princes and Princesses (1908)
A book of fairy tales based on real princes and princesses. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Red Book of Heroes (1909)
Biographies of people who were truly in earnest. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
A. Wallis Mills