Collection of fairy tales. Many in this particular volume are less familiar stories, ranging from further abroad.Delightful and enjoyable, as are all of Lang's books, but it seems many of these were abridged to fit space.

A dry read. Many stories were done in circles and of the same nature though from all over the world. It was an ok read.

i think mainly african & eastern tales/adaptation. great illustration as always.

Timeless magic!

Fairy tales from Northern Europe, Africa, and the Native Americans. Lots of fun to read out loud to all the kids. We enjoyed picking out other stories we “saw” within many of them. “That reminded me of Alice in Wonderland,” and so on.

The quality of the audiobook was very bad and I couldn't wait to finish it. It was ok like every one of these.

Found an old copy at my work and read it because I was very bored 😂

I was truly impressed with the diversity of stories in this collection. I also like that this time around, Lang included a good number of African stories, especially ones about people instead of just ones about animals. There's also a few Scottish stories, and they're MUCH better than the ones in The Blue Fairy Book. This collection has several stories with unhappy endings (particularly among the African stories and Native American stories), which should be a precaution to younger readers. But o...

‘The Orange Fairy Book’ comprises more than thirty tales revolving around magic, animals and princesses. Simultaneously there are underlying moral values and lessons imparted in each story.The author showcased his vocabulary and fully utilized it for various descriptions without most of the words being too difficult for younger readers to understand. Besides that, the stories were quite straightforward and I enjoyed most of them except for a few which didn’t successfully capture my interest. Som...

The first Fairy Book I've read so far without any overt racism in it anywhere (and it's the antepenultimate one; sigh).Look! The black characters get illustrated heroically and everything: Hooray!On the other hand, there are quite a few of those stories that always make me think that pre-industrial peasants must have been EVIL CALLOUS BASTARDS. Take this charming piece of whimsy, for instance:With many protestations and reproaches they wrangled together, the stranger entreating the goldsmith

A collection of tales leaning toward the Scottish, Scandinavian and African. Some from the precieuses. One, "The Bird of Truth", left me wondering whether it was literary because it put the events out of order, which in my experience is a warning sign; folktales tend to recount in order. Though other than that it was a nice variant on that type. "How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon" shows Irish fairy tales importing the geas from their heroic literature, and I gotta admit it moves the story nice...

As a child, I read this over and over and over again. I remember my parents bought it for me at the little shop attached to a restaurant called The Light of Yoga, which had peanut butter soft serve ice cream and lots of things with sprouts on them. They unfortunately burned down a long time ago.

I read the fairy books for writing inspiration. I didn't need any when I started this one, but that was only because I have 2 stories being written, 1 clamoring in my head like a bird... and about ten more in various stages. But my reading group has a food challenge...And I can never quite pass up a challenge. So I read this collection of fairy tales. My favorites were:- Ian, the Soldier's Son- The Enchanted Wreath- The Foolish Weaver- The White Doe- The Frog and the Lion Fairy- The Adventures o...

The Orange Fairy Book didn't have as many great stories as many of the other Fairy Books, but there were still plenty of unusual tales and fantastic illustrations, enough to make it worth my time. There are also a lot of rather unhappy endings in this collection, but those stories were some of the most interesting to read. Here are my personal favorites: - The Magic Mirror - The King Who Would See Paradise - The Fox and the Wolf - How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon - The Goldsmith's Fortune -

What Alan Lomax is to multicultural folk songs, Andrew Lang is to folk stories. #aintnoschoolliketheoldschoolSeriously, there are so many thugs from so many cultures. Giants, greedy baboons, literal rock dudes made of Mountains, Kings who make deals which turn into bad bargains...and boys sent off to plumb the depths of a figurative hell. Por exemplo:'Many strange things did Ian behold in that island, more than he had thought for. In a glen lay three heroes stretched on their backs, done to deat...

I very much enjoyed this collection which presents fairytales that are a bit less familiar. Most seem to hail from Africa and Northern Europe, and they are just as blood-thirsty as those in the previous volumes of the series. The series itself is s brilliant concept. I believe Andrew Lange and his wife can be credited with bringing these tales from around the world into mainstream British households.

I first encountered the Lang collection, often called the Colored Fairy Books because of their titles (Blue, Olive, Crimson, etc.) when I was in elementary school. I enjoyed them because they were so different from the sanitized, prissy princess, modern versions, and I'm happy to see them now available (for very cheap) in Kindle format. We forget that fairy tales were not originally for children and were not created as vehicles for which to market toys and Happy Meals to toddlers. They were oral...

This was a fun read, and I got to see a lot of new stories.Unfortunately most of the stories were the same basic formula so it got boring towards the end. I know a lot of fairytales are like that but when there's so many in a row is harder to appreciate them individually.

This book was a very good read ! i Love it ! This book is a collection of fiction tales all pieced together in one book. My favorite story was the two caskets because it reminded me a lot of Cinderella with the evil step sister . This story takes place in a pine forest and a well ,its a story of a maiden who is left orphaned by her father she gets abused and mistreated by her step-mother who also has her own ratchet daughter. One day The stepmother gave her daughter and step daughter yarn to spi...

This is one of my favorite passages, in the story, "The Owl and The Eagle":"...and the elder sister let down her hair till it hung over the witch's eyes, so that she might believe it was her own hair growing. Then the other [sister] brought a huge stone, and,in short, there was an end of the witch. The sisters were savages who had never seen a missionary."Now, did Lang insert that little aside--and I wonder why there aren't more of such--the world of the fairy tale is brutal and bloody.On to the...