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Exploring the new and familiar
Andrew Lang's "The Green Fairy Book" is a definite must-have simply because of the variety of the stories.Many are comfortable, familiar, and traditional while others had definite writers and are a little less well-known. It's a great and enjoyable mix of tale titles; however, I was a little dissapointed that too many of the tales were essentially the same.I realize that this happens often in fairy tales, but it's still preferable to keep them out of the same book.

Other than that, this is another fairy tale masterpiece for fans of the Lang collection.

perfect
Andrew Lang just continues to spit out one greatr book after another. His stories are vivid and follow the plot they were meant to follow.This book contains 42 stories and 98 black and white pictues.Some of the stories in this book include:Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla,The Three Little Pigs,The Enchanted Ring,The Magic Swan,The Crystsal Coffin, The Riddle,The Three Musicians, and more.

The 3rd in Andrew Lang's colored fairy book series
The Green Fairy Book has stories from Spanish and Chinese traditions and a few written by the Comte de Caylus.Also stories by Sebillot, Fenelon, Kletke, Mme. de'Aulnoy, and the Brothers Grimm.Includes The Bue Bird, Sylvain and Jocos, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, The Three Little Pigs, and The Half-Chick.42 stories.

Excellent collection of wonder tales
Andrew Lang's colored fairy books are justifiably famous, and this (along with "The Red Fairy Book") is one of the best of the series.As in all the volumes, the prose is clear and swift, moving the tales along. Since this was the third book in the series, he was not yet scraping thebarrels of world fairy tales for the leavings; contrariwise, however, thefirst volume (Blue) has all of Ye Olde Stand-byes, while this and Red havetales just as wonderful that are less well known.

Despite Lang's flaws --most notably, his heroines have a way of turning passive -- there are farworse ways to introduce a child to the spirit of wonder tales than thisvolume. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Andrew Lang, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 3678 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
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• A description of the author's work
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So poor little Koma was left alone, while Gon was borne away full of trouble, not in the least knowing what to do. Even the attention paid him by the princess, who was delighted with his beauty and pretty ways, did not console him, but there was no use in fighting against fate, and he could only wait and see what would turn up. ... Read more

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tales from Hans Christian Anderson and more
Having a complete collection of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, I was a little disappointed when I opened this book and found so many stories with which I was familiar.But as I read further along, I found additional tales translated from Danish, French, Swedish, German, and Japanese.I have definitely found some new favorites with this collection, especially in the few Japanese stories.Uraschimataro and the Turtle is wonderful.I also loved Peter Bull!I wish there were more Japanese stories but, as this is the first volume of this collection I have read, I am hopeful to find more in another one of the series.Depending on your existing collection of fairy tales, this may not be a must-own but it is certainly a must-read.

Another great collection of fairy tales.
The Andrew Lang collections are well worth it.I read them when I was a child (bless that library) and when I saw them for sale I couldn't resist.The stories have retained their freshness and it is interesting to see similar themes dealt with by different cultures.

These would be great for parents reading to their children or for children looking for something interesting and fun to read.

Definitely worth it!

the most magical book
I was at the library with my father and mother when I first saw this book. I looked at all the colors and decided by pink being my favorite color. I read the whole book in gaps between 2 days and at bedtime. And I was so amazed at the mermaids, princesses, and fairies and all the wonder that a few days later I took out the orange, green, and crimson fairy book just so I could dwell in the land of fairy tales for a few more weeks! Im a young girl of fourteen, and I love fantasy stories. The Pink fairy book is my favorite because it was my first, but the whole collection are my favorites and I recomend them to boys and girls (There are plenty of stories boys would like too) and adults! (for they are just as interesting) I love art, and the pictures by H.J ford are so amazing and attractive, I stared at them for hours!

I think this is an exellent book.
I am a teacher and I read many stories from The Pink Fairy Book to my class. They were amazed that there were so many more wonderful fairy tales that they had never seen on cartoons. I recomend this to all teachers and parents to read to treir kids.

This is an exelent book for all ages.
I recomend the Pink Fairy Book to parents teachers and children. It has a lot of lessons and morales an gives children an exelent experience in classical literature. ... Read more

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There is something mysterious in loch-fishing, in the tastes and habits of the fish which inhabit the innumerable lakes and tarns of Scotland. It is not always easy to account either for their presence or their absence, for their numbers or scarcity, their eagerness to take or their "dourness." For example, there is Loch Borlan, close to the well-known little inn of Alt-na-geal-gach in Sutherland. ... Read more

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Long ago, in a little island called Ithaca, on the west coast of Greece, there lived a king named Laertes.His kingdom was small and mountainous.People used to say that Ithaca lay like a shield upon the sea, which sounds as if it were a flat country.But in those times shields were very large, and rose at the middle into two peaks with a hollow between them, so that Ithaca, seen far off in the sea, with her two chief mountain peaks, and a cloven valley between them, looked exactly like a shield. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. ... Read more