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The Random House Book of Fairy Tales

by · 1985

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A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode.

Genre
fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
medium · 224 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thispoetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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