Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books
Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books were edited by folklorist Andrew Lang, who is often credited as the author. Lang was a Scottish poet and literary critic who wanted to share English-language fairy tales with the masses. He was inspired by folk tales as a child growing up on the England-Scotland border, and wanted to distribute tales of every type to an audience, even as British fairy tales were declining in popularity. He and his wife, Leonore Blanche Alleyne, worked hard to collect hundreds of tales and gathered an assortment of tales from all regions in a book series known as the Rainbow Fairy Books or Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books, with each being named and designed after a certain color.
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Andrew Lang in his office 1901. Published in “The Critic: An Illustrated Monthly Review of Literature, Art and Life” (1901) G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.
The series is made up of the Red Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, The Yellow Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, The Violet Fairy Book, The Olive Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, The Grey Fairy Book, and The Orange Fairy Book. The tales within represent various regions of the world, and feature tales from 1001 Nights, Norway, The Brothers Grimm and more. The series first book, The Blue Fairy Book, arrived in 1889 to great acclaim, and more followed soon after. The last book, The Lilac Fairy Book, was published in 1910.
437 tales in all were compiled by Lang and his wife in these volumes, and the world was exposed to a new world of fairy tales, many of which they may have never known, if it weren’t for Lang and his wife’s work. In addition, at the time of the first Fairy Book’s publication, fairy tales were actually thought potentially harmful to children, however, the arrival of the Rainbow Fairy Books ended that belief. The Fairytalez Audio App for Apple and Android devices features many of Andrew Lang’s fairy tales as audiobook.
Fairy tales by Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books
- Allerleirauh; or, the Many-Furred Creature
- Asmund and Signy
- The Adventures of a Jackal
- The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son
- The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal
- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired
- The Adventures of an Indian Brave
- Andras Baive
- The Bronze Ring
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Blue Bird
- The Bushy Bride
- The Boys with the Golden Stars
- Ball-Carrier and the Bad One
- The Bunyip
- The Blue Parrot
- The Billy Goat and the King
- The Boy Who Found Fear at Last (Andrew Lang version of Fear)
- The Brown Bear of Norway
- The Bones of Djulung
- The Battle of the Birds
- The Believing Husbands
- The Brownie of the Lake
- The Bird of Truth
- The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret
- The Bird 'Grip'
- The Blue Mountains
- The Bear
- Bobino
- The Cat's Elopement
- The Cunning Shoemaker
- Catherine and Her Destiny
- The Cottager and His Cat
- The Colony of Cats
- Clever Maria
- The Crab and the Monkey
- Cinderella, Or the Little Glass Slipper
- The Crystal Coffin
- The Child Who Came from an Egg
- The Cunning Hare
- The Comb and the Collar
- The Clever Weaver
- The Castle of Kerglas
- The Foolish Weaver
- The Clever Cat
- The Dirty Shepherdess
- The Death of Koshchei the Deathless
- Drakestail
- Donkey Skin
- Diamond Cut Diamond
- Dorani
- The Dragon of the North
- Don Giovanni de la Fortuna
- The Death Of Abu Nowas And Of His Wife
- Dapplegrim
- Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch
- The Dead Wife
- The Dragon and His Grandmother
- The Death of the Sun-Hero
- Eisenkopf
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Andrew Lang Version)
- The Enchanted Watch
- The Enchanted Ring
- The Enchanted Pig
- The Enchanted Canary
- The Envious Neighbor
- The Enchanted Knife
- The Elf Maiden
- The Enchanted Head
- The Enchanted Deer
- The Escape of the Mouse
- The Enchanted Wreath
- Esben and the Witch
- Fairy Gifts
- The Forty Thieves
- Farmer Weatherbeard
- Fortunatus and His Purse
- A Fairy's Blunder
- The Finest Liar in the World
- The Fairy of the Dawn
- The Frog
- Father Grumbler
- Fortune and the Wood-Cutter
- The Fox and the Lapp
- The Five Wise Words of the Guru
- The Fate of the Turtle
- The False Prince and the True
- The Fairy Nurse
- A French Puck
- A Fish Story
- The Four Gifts
- The Frog and Lion Fairy
- The Golden Blackbird
- The Golden Lads
- The Golden Mermaid
- Gracioa and Percinet
- The Golden Branch
- The Golden Goose
- The Goblin Pony
- The Goat-Faced Girl
- The Goat's Ears of the Emperor
- The Grateful Prince
- The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy
- Geirlug the King's Daughter
- The Green Knight
- The Golden-Headed Fish
- Grasp All, Lose All
- The Groac-h of the Isle of Lok
- The Goldsmith's Fortune
- The Girl-Fish
- The Golden Crab
- The Glass Axe
- The Gold-Bearded Man
- The Golden Lion
- The Gifts of the Magician
- The Glass Mountain
- How the Dragon Was Tricked
- How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter
- The Hairy Man
- How to To Tell a True Friend
- How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro
- The Heart of a Monkey
- The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder
- Hermod and Hadvor
- The Half-Chick
- The History of Jack the Giant-Killer
- The History of Whittington
- Herr Lazarus and the Draken
- How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water
- The History of Dwarf Long Nose
- The Headless Dwarfs
- How Ball-Carrier Finished His Task
- How Geirald the Coward Was Punished
- Habogi
- How the Little Brother Set Free His Big Brothers
- The Husband of the Rat's Daughter
- How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones
- He Wins Who Waits
- The Heart of a Monkey
- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves
- The Hoodie-Crow
- How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu
- How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon
- How the Stalos Were Tricked
- The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther
- The Jackal and the Spring
- Jack My Hedgehog
- Janni and the Draken
- Jesper Who Herded the Hares
- Jackal or Tiger?
- The Jogi's Punishment
- King Kojata
- Kari Woodengown
- Kisa the Cat
- The Knight of the Fishes
- Kupti and Imani
- The King of Waterfalls
- The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife
- King Lindworm
- Lovely Ilonka
- Little Wildrose
- The Little Hare
- The Language of Beasts
- Lucky Luck
- The Lady of the Fountain
- The Little Soldier
- Little One-Eye, Little Two-Eyes, and Little Three-Eyes
- The Little Good Mouse
- The Little Gray Man
- Long, Broad and Quick-Eye
- The Lute Player
- The Lion and the Cat
- A Long-Bow Story
- Little Maia
- A Lost Paradise
- Little Lasse
- The Lady of the Mountain
- The Master Maid
- The Magic Swan
- Minnikin
- The Marvellous Musician
- The Magician's Horse
- The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet
- Mogarzea and His Son
- The Mermaid and the Boy
- Madschun
- Moti
- The Magic Mirror
- The Magic Book
- Mohammed with the Magic Finger
- The Man Without a Heart
- Master and Pupil
- Maiden Bright-Eye
- The Merry Wives
- Motiratika
- The Magic Ring
- The Magic Kettle
- The Magic Ring
- Niel and the Giants
- The Nine Pea-Hens and Golden Apples
- The Norka
- Nettle Spinner
- The Nunda, Eater of People
- Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess
- Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla
- Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine
- Prince Fickle and Fair Helena
- Puddocky
- Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida
- Prince Darling
- The Princess Mayblossom
- The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar
- Prunella
- The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground
- The Prince Who Wanted to See the World
- Pivi and Kabo
- The Prince and the Three Fates
- The Prince and the Princess in the Forest
- The Punishment of Gangana
- Pinkel the Thief
- The Princess Bella-Flor
- The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality
- The Princess in the Chest
- Princess Minon-minette
- The Prince and the Dragon
- Paperarelloo
- Peter Bull
- How the Wicked Tanuki Was Punished
- Prince Ring
- The Rogue and the Herdsman
- Rumpelstiltzkin
- Rosanella
- Rubezahl
- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother
- The Raspberry Worm
- The Rover of the Plain
- The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
- The Snuff-Box
- The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarves
- The Story of a Clever Tailor
- The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou
- The Story of Pretty Goldilocks
- Snow-White and Rose-Red
- The Six Sillies
- Snowdrop
- The Seven Foals
- The Story of Sigurd
- The Story of Dschemil and Dschemila
- The Story of Bensurdatu
- The Simpleton
- Schippeitaro
- Stan Bolovan
- The Story of a Gazelle
- The Story of Hassebu
- The Story of Halfman
- The Story of the Yara
- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe
- The Sister of the Sun
- The Story of the King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate
- The Story of the Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted
- The Story of Little King Loc
- Samba the Coward
- The Satin Surgeon
- The Story of Zoulvisia
- The Snake Prince
- The Steel Cane
- The Silent Princess (Andrew Lang version)
- The Shifty Lad
- The Story of a Very Bad Boy
- The Sea King's Gift
- The Stones of Plouhinec
- The Story of the Hero Makoma
- The Story of the King Who Would See Paradise
- The Story of Manus
- The Seven-Headed Serpent
- The Strong Prince
- Shepherd Paul
- A Sprig of Rosemary
- The Slaying of the Tanuki
- The Story of Ciccu
- The Story Of The Sham Prince, Or The Ambitious Tailor
- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe
- Snowflake
- The Six Hungry Beasts
- The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles
- The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son
- The Story of King Frost
- The Sunchild
- The Story of the Three Sons of Hali
- The Story of the Fair Circassians
- The Two Brothers (Italian Fairy Tale)
- The Troll's Daughter
- Tiidu the Piper
- Tritill, Littil, and the Birds
- The Three Robes
- To Your Good Health!
- The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was
- The Three Little Pigs (Andrew Lang Version)
- The Twelve Huntsmen
- The Three Musicians
- The Three Dogs
- Toads and Diamonds
- The Terrible Head
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- The True History of Little Golden Hood
- The Three Dwarfs
- The Twin Brothers
- Tale Of The Tontlawald
- The Three Princes and Their Beasts
- Two Frogs
- Two in a Sack
- The Turtle and His Bride
- The-Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey
- The Thanksgiving of the Wazir
- The Three Crowns
- The Two Caskets
- The Three Treasures of Giants
- Unlooked-For Prince
- The Underground Workers
- Uraschimataro and the Turtle
- Udea and Her Seven Brothers
- The War of the Wolf and the Fox
- The Water-Lily, the Gold Spinners
- The Wonderful Sheep
- The Wonderful Birch
- What Came of Picking Flowers
- What the Rose Did to the Cypress
- The Wicked Wolverine
- The Wonderful Tune
- The White Doe
- The White Slipper
- The Wounded Lion
- The Water of Life (Catalan Fairy Tale)
- The White Dove
- The White Duck
- The Witch and Her Servants
- The Witch
- The Witch in the Stone Boat
- The White Wolf