The Classic Fairy Tales
10 best books like The Classic Fairy Tales (Iona Opie): The Brown Fairy Book, Afro-American Folktales, Swedish Folktales and Legends, The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, Eskimo Folk-Tales, From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, The Magic Fishbone
| Author | Andrew Lang |
| ISBN | 0486214389 |
This one fares farther than the earlier ones, with a lot more from North America, Iceland, Egypt, etc. and fewer from Europe -- not that that doesn't demonstrate how the forms of stories can last. "The Sister of the Sun" and "The King Who Would Be Stronger than Fate" in particular are charming versions...
| Author | Roger D. Abrahams |
| ISBN | 0394728858 |
From the canefileds of the ante-bellum South, the villages of the Caribbean islands, and the streets of contemporary inner cities, here are more than one hundred tales from an "incredibly rich and affirmative storytelling tradition" (Choice).
Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales...
| Author | Lone Thygesen Blecher |
| ISBN | 0816645752 |
Swedish Folktales and Legends is a diverse and representative collection of stories from Sweden's centuries-old folklore tradition. Ranging from the ribald to the romantic, from the rustic to the mythical, these are lively translations of 150 tales drawn from unique sources including the Swedish...
| Author | Maria Tatar |
| ISBN | 0691114692 |
Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. This updated and expanded second edition includes a new preface and an appendix containing...
THESE stories were collected in various parts of Greenland, taken down from the lips of the Eskimo story-tellers themselves, by Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explorer. No man is better qualified to tell the story of Greenland, or the stories of its people. Knud Rasmussen is himself partly of Eskimo...
| Author | Marina Warner |
| ISBN | 0374524874 |
In this landmark study of the history and meaning of fairy tales, the celebrated cultural critic Marina Warner looks at storytelling in art and legend-from the prophesying enchantress who lures men to a false paradise, to jolly Mother Goose with her masqueraders in the real world. Why are storytellers...
| Author | Marie-Louise von Franz |
| ISBN | 0877735263 |
Of the various types of mythological literature, fairy tales are the simplest and purest expressions of the collective unconscious and thus offer the clearest understanding of the basic patterns of the human psyche. Every people or nation has its own way of experiencing this psychic reality, and...
| Author | Kate Bernheimer |
| ISBN | 0385486812 |
New edition (revised and expanded) available 8/13/02.
Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight...
| Author | Jacob Grimm |
| ISBN | 0374339716 |
Back in Print!
Originally published as a two-volume set forty years ago, The Juniper Tree is distinguished first by the selection of stories. Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak jointly culled 27 from the 210 in the complete collection, and their contents page presents a fascinating critical statement....
| Author | Charles Dickens |
| ISBN | 0880200391 |
While the rest of you were no doubt hunting up your beloved, time-worn copy of A Christmas Carol, in preparation for the coming Yuletide, I decided to revisit this story which I first encountered years ago in a university course on children's literature. This edition of Dickens' delightfully odd little...
| Author | Russell E. Erickson |
| ISBN | 0688163254 |
A Toad for Tuesday is one of four books we picked up on our trip to Oregon back in February. As Sean is enamored with owls we both agreed this looked like a good book for him. I was immediately drawn to it for Lawrence di Fiori's illustrations. They are reminisicent of Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad series and...
| Author | Edward B. Fry |
| ISBN | 0787982571 |
The definitive reference for reading and literacy from kindergarten through college This comprehensive fifth edition of a bestselling classic offers an unparalleled source of timely, practical information on all aspects of reading instruction. Ready for immediate use, it offers over 190 up-to-date...
| Author | Shea Darian |
| ISBN | 0931055962 |
Waldorf mother and educator Shea Darian offers a unique and wonderfully creative guide to help parents and children forge a strong family bond. Weaving songs, stories, family rituals, and verses throughout, Darian shows how to bring joy to such daily events as mealtimes, going to bed, chores, naps,...
| Author | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| ISBN | 0060284773 |
Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer introduces readers to the village of Chelm in this Newbery Honor Book. Chelm is a village of fools. The most famous fools—the oldest and the greatest—are the seven Elders. But there are lesser fools too: a silly irresponsible bridegroom; four sisters who mix...
Flower Fairies of the Spring
| Author | Cicely Mary Barker |
| ISBN | 0723248265 |
I Love this Book!
I found this, by chance, at the library one day and I brought this home. It is a collection of poems from the 1920s about flowers and fairies. It’s almost 100 years old. Each fairy has a poem about the flower and when the flower grows. This collection is lovely with delicate artwork....
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
| Author | Jack D. Zipes |
| ISBN | 0813190304 |
This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political...
Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen: Fairy Tales from Around the World
| Author | Angela Carter |
| ISBN | 0571198384 |
From early reflections on jazz and Japan, through vigorous refashionings of vampires and werewolves, to stunning snapshots of real-life outcasts and the glorious but tainted world of 'the rich and famous,' this complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories gathers together four published...
