Books A-Z
A Chinese Wonder Book
Notes: Read 15 Chinese folktales
Author: Norman Hinsdale Pitman
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1919
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co., 681 Fifth Avenue, New York
A Hundred fables of La Fontaine
Notes: "A Hundred fables of La Fontaine" offers a selection of some of Jean de La Fontaine's best known fables. These are all in verse.
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
Published: 1900
Publisher: John Lane Co., London; New York
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales
Notes: Contains 31 folktales gathered from the Eskimo living in North America.
Author: Clara Kern Bayliss
Published: 1922
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, USA
Aesop's fables
Notes: "Aesop's fables" is a compilation of a some of Aesop's numerous fables.
Author: Aesop
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Andersen's fairy tales
Notes: "Andersen's fairy tales" contains 18 of H.C.Andersen's most notable fairy tales. This is not the original cover.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Translator: Unknown
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Australian Legendary Tales
Notes: Folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs
as told to the Piccaninnies. Features 31 Australian folktales
Author: Mrs. K. Langloh Parker
Published: 1896
Publisher: David Nutt.,270 - 271, Strand, London;
Melville, Mulle & Slade, Melbourne
Canadian fairy tales
Notes: Contains 26 Native American folktales gathered from Canada.
Author: Cyrus Macmillan
Published: 1922
Publisher: S. B. Gundy, Toronto; John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London
Celtic Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 26 folktales of the Celtic people.
Author: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1892
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories
Notes: This book features seven Japanese folktales.
Author: Mrs. M. Chaplin Ayrton
Editor: William Elliot Griffis
Published: 1901
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co., Boston, USA
Chinese Folk-lore Tales
Notes: Features 11 Chinese folktales
Author: Rev. J. Macgowan, D.D.
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1910
Publisher: Macmillan And Co., Limited, London
Christmas stories
Notes: These Christmas stories were gathered from various sources. There are sixteen altogether.
Author: Various
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Various
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Notes: Contains 27 Ukrainian folktales.
Author: Various
Translator: R. Nisbet Bain
Published: Unknown
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
Czechoslovak Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 15 Czechoslovak folktales. The author used Czech, Slovakian and Moravian sources.
Author: Parker Fillmore
Published: 1919
Publisher: The Quinn & Boden Company
Rahway, N. J.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
Notes: Contains 21 Dutch folktales.
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Published: 1918
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Notes: Contains 15 Norwegian folktales.
Author: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Published: Unknown
Publisher: George H Doran Company, New York
English Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 43 English folktales.
Author: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1892
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
English Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 41 English folktales.
Author: Flora Annie Steel
Published: 1918
Publisher: Macmillan And Co., Limited, London
Fairies and Folk of Ireland
Notes: Contains 11 Irish folktales.
Author: William Henry Frost
Published: 1900
Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons, New York
Fairy tales from Brazil
Notes: Subtitled "How and why tales from Brazilian folk-lore", this book contains 18 Brazilian folktales.
Author: Elsie Spicer Eells
Published: 1917
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., Chicago
Fairy Tales from the German Forests
Notes: Contains 10 long German folktales.
Author: Margaret Arndt
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Everett & Co. Ltd. 42 Essex Street, W.C., London
Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen
Notes: Contains 20 folktales of the Slavic people. Originally published in french.
Author: Alexander Chodsko
Translator: Emily J. Harding
Published: 1896
Publisher: George Allen, London
Folk-lore and Legends: Germany
Notes: Contains 30 German folktales.
Author: Charles John Tibbitts
Published: 1892
Publisher: W. W. Gibbings, London
Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental
Notes: Contains 13 folktales from the Orient.
Author: Charles John Tibbitts
Published: 1889
Publisher: W. W. Gibbings, London
Folk-lore and Legends: Scandinavia
Notes: This book features folktales from the Isle of Rugen (Germany), Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Northern Sagas and Eddas. Contains 28 Scandinavian folktales.
Author: Charles John Tibbitts
Published: 1890
Publisher: W. W. Gibbings, London
Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland
Notes: Contains 33 Scottish folktales.
Author: Charles John Tibbitts
Published: 1889
Publisher: W. W. Gibbings, London
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
Notes: Contains 40 Nigerian folktales. The introduction is written by Andrew Lang.
Author: Elphinstone Dayrell
Published: 1910
Publisher:Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta
Folk Tales from the Russian
Notes: Contains 9 Russian folktales.
Author: Various
Editor: Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal
Published: 1903
Publisher: Unknown
Green willow and other Japanese fairy tales
Notes: Contains 38 Japanese folktales
Author: Grace James
Published: 1912
Publisher: Macmillan And Co., Limited, London
Notes: The translator of this little book is unknown. It contains 25 fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.Translator: Unknown
Published: 1922
Publisher: Cupples and Leon Company, New York
Notes: Translated by Edgar Taylor
and Marian Edwardes, this book contains 62 of Grimm's fairy tales. In comparison to the previous title this one is oriented torwards younger listeners.Translator: Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes
Published: 1876
Publisher: R. Meek & Co., London
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Notes: This is the first of two volumes of Andersen's fairy tales edited by J. H. Stickney.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Editor: J. H. Stickney
Published: 1914
Publisher: Ginn and Company - Boston; New York; Chicago; London
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series
Notes: This is the second volume of Andersen's fairy tales edited by J. H. Stickney.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Editor: J. H. Stickney
Published: 1915
Publisher: Ginn and Company - Boston; New York; Chicago; London
Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit
Notes: The nine stories in this book were translated from Sanskrit - an ancient Indian language.
Translator: S. M. Mitra
Editor: Nancy Bell
Published: 1919
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London
Notes: Translated by Lucy Crane, this fairy tale collection features 52 of Grimm's fairy tales. This new Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Macmillan and Company in 1886.Translator: Lucy Crane
Published: 1963 (1886)
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York (Macmillan & Co, London)
Notes: Translated by Margaret Hunt, this is the only book that contains the complete collection of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales - 200
fairy tales and 10 legends.Translator: Margaret Hunt
Published: 1884
Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London
Indian fairy tales
Notes: Selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs, the book holds 29 Indian folktales.
Author: Various
Editor: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1910
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
Irish Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 7 folktales of the Irish people.
Author: Edmond Leamy
Published: 1906
Publisher: M.A. Gill & Son. Ltd, Dublin
Japanese fairy tales
Notes: Contains 22 Japanese folktales
Author: Yei Theodora Ozaki
Published: 1908
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, Ney York
Momotaro or Little Peachling
Notes: A Japanese folktale
Author: Anonymous
Published: 1910
Publisher: T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo, Japan
More English Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 44 English folktales.
Author: Various
Editor: Joseph Jacobs
Published: Unknown
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland
Notes: Contains 20 Irish folktales.
Author: Jeremiah Curtin
Published: 1890
Publisher: Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington, London
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land
Vol. I The Hudson And Its Hills
Notes:Contains 45 US folktales
Author: Charles M. Skinner
Published: 1896
Publisher: J.P. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land
Vol. II The isle of Manhattoes and nearby
Notes:Contains 15 US folktales
Author: Charles M. Skinner
Published: 1896
Publisher: J.P. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London
Old French fairy tales
Notes: The book contains 5 long French folktales. Each story has several chapters.
Author: Comtesse de Ségur
Published: 1920
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia
Old Hendrik's Tales
Notes: Contains 13 South African folktales.
Author: Captain Arthur Owen Vaughan
Published: 1904
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York & Bombay
Old Indian legends
Notes: Contains 14 Native American folktales
Author: Zitkala-Sa
Published: 1901
Publisher: Ginn and Company, Boston, London
Old Peter's Russian tales
Notes: Contains 21 Russian folktales.
Author: Arthur Ransome
Published: 1916
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., London, Edinbourgh, NY, Toronto, Paris
Outa Karel's Stories
South African Folk-Lore Tales
Notes: Contains 15 South African folktales.
Author: Sanni Metelerkamp
Published: 1914
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
St. Martin's Street, London
Philippine Folk Tales
Notes: This book features 61 folktales from the Philippines.
Author: Mabel Cook Cole
Published: 1916
Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago
Polish Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 7 Polish folktales.
Author: A. J. Glinski
Translator: Maude Ashurst Biggs
Published: 1920
Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London; John Lane Company, New York
Roumanian Fairy Tales
Notes: The book contains 18 Romanian folktales.
Author: Various
Compiler: Mite Kremnitz
Editor: J. M. Percival
Published: 1885
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Stories from Pentamerone
Notes: The book contains 32 Italian folktales. The collection "Il Pentamerone" was first published at Naples by Giambattista Basile, who is believed to have collected them chiefly in Crete and Venice.
Author: Giambattista Basile
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Stories of King Arthur's Knights
Notes: Contains the legends of king Arthur and his Knights, told to the children by Mary MacGregor.
Author: Mary MacGregor
Editor: Louey Chisholm
Published: Unknown
Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack, London;
E. P. Dutton & Co., New York
Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes
Spanish and Portuguese Folklore
Notes: The book contains 21 folktales from Spain and Portugal.
Author: Charles Sellers
Published: 1888
Publisher: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.
Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co., London
Tales of Giants from Brazil
Notes: The second book by Elsie Spicer Eells contains an additional 12 Brazilian folktales.
Author: Elsie Spicer Eells
Published: 1918
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., New York
Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India
Notes: The book holds 26 Indian folktales.
Author: Mrs. Howard Kingscote and
Pandit Natesa Sastri
Published: 1890
Publisher: W. H. Allen & Co. 13 Waterloo Place, London
& Calcutta
The adventures of Maya the bee
Notes: This book follows the adventures of a little bee.
Author: Waldemar Bonsels
Translators: Book - Adele Szold Seltzer, Poems - Arthur Guiterman
Published: 1922
Publisher: Thomas Seltzer, New York
The Arabian Nights /One Thousand and One Nights/
Notes: This book holds some of the folktales form the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Selected and edited by Andrew Lang, these folktales are simplified and shortened, making them more suitable for children.
Author: Anonymous
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1918
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co
The Blue Fairy Book
Notes: The first of a collection of twelve fairy tale books, gathered by Andrew Lang from various sources. Published in 1889, the Blue Fairy Book contains 37 stories.
Author: Various
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1889
Publisher: Langmans, Green, and Co., London; New York
The Chinese Fairy Book
Notes: The Chinese Fairy Book contains 74 Chinese folktales, sorted into several categories.
Author: Various
Editor: Dr. R. Wilhelm
Published: 1921
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York
The Green Fairy Book
Notes: The third book from Andrew Lang's collection was first published in 1892 and contains 42 fairy tales.
Author: Various
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1892
Publisher: Langmans, Green, and Co., London; New York
The Indian Fairy Book
Notes:From the Original Legends
Contains 26 Native American folktales
Author: Cornelius Mathews
Published: 1869
Publisher: Allen Brothers, New York
The Islands of Magic
Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores
Notes: The book contains 34 folktales from the Azores (Portugal).
Author: Elsie Spicer Eells
Published: 1922
Publisher: Hardcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., New York
The Laughing Prince - Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales
Notes: Contains 14 folktales of the Slavic people.
Author: Parker Fillmore
Published: 1921
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace And Company, USA
The Magic Bed
Notes: A Book of East Indian Fairy Tales. The book holds five Indian folktales.
Author: Hartwell James
Published: 1910
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London
The Oriental Story Book
Notes: Contains seven long Oriental folktales.
Author: Wilhelm Hauff
Translator: G. P. Quackenbos
Published: 1855
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company,
346 & 348 Broadway, New York
The Red Fairy Book
Notes: The second book from Andrew Lang's collection was first published in 1890 and contains 37 fairy tales.
Author: Various
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1890
Publisher: Langmans, Green, and Co., London; New York
The Russian Garland
Notes: Contains 17 Russian folktales, gathered form various Russian booklets.
Author: Various
Editor: Robert Steele
Published: 1916(US)
Publisher: A. M. Philpot, Limited, London; Robert M. McBride, NY
The Shoemaker's Apron
A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Notes: Contains 20 Czechoslovak folktales. The author used Czech, Slovakian and Moravian sources.
Author: Parker Fillmore
Published: 1920
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
The Swedish Fairy Book
Notes: Contains 28 Swedish folktales.
Author: Various
Editor: Clara Stroebe
Translator: Frederick H. Martens
Published: 1921
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696
Notes: The first edition of Perrault's famous collection of fairy tales.
Author: Charles Perrault
Translator: Charles Welsh
Published: 1901
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co., Boston; New York; Chicago
Welsh Fairy-Tales And Other Stories
Notes: This book holds 24 Welsh folktales. The last six are not from welsh sources.
Editor: P. H. Emerson
Published: 1894
Publisher: D. Nutt, London
Zanzibar Tales
Notes: Contains 10 folktales told by natives of the East Coast of Africa.
Author: Various
Translator: George W. Bateman
Published: 1901
Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago
