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The Yellow Fairy Book

by Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang · 1894

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48 tales from all over the world include The Emperor's New Clothes, The Tinder-box, How to Tell a True Princess, and The Nightingale, from Andersen, Grimm, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Germany, France, England, American Indians, and Iceland. Morals may be more memorable than details; endings may vary. 104 illustrations - 22 plates, 82 woodcuts.

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fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisdragonsdragonsMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisfolklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of this
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faefaeMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 384 pages
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