I actually liked this a little bit better than the first one.

2.5Again no surprise here, exactly what to expect. I liked to see some of the older version of my favorite fairy tales! Some are boring and most are repetitive.

Absolutely memorable. So many tales all in one book. Loved it!!

The Red Fairy Book (1890) by Andrew Lang (ed) is the second in Lang's series of "color" fairy tale collections. Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic who began collecting these tales in the late nineteenth century in order to conserve "the old stories that have pleased so many generations." The stories include well-known classics such as "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "The Golden Goose," and "Rapunzel" as well tales that I had never heard of--like "The

I read several of Lang's Fairy Books when I was little, and I can remember seeing a whole set of the various colored books on a bookstore shelf, and wishing that I could have them all. Buying them all was expensive, and I never remembered to try the library and look them up. However now all of them are free ebooks. Handy thing, that. [Free Gutenberg ebook link for this one.]One thing I've always loved about fairy tales is that, when an odd being comes to you repeatedly in a dream, it's perfectly...

Another one from the colored fairy books gone, ten left.The stories are so enjoyable, especially as an audiobook.

Red Fairy Book Mixtape:1. Summer Nights - Marianne Faithful2. The Trouble I've Been Looking For - Magnetic Fields3. Satin in a Coffin - Modest Mouse4. Swinging London - Magnetic Fields5. Don't Deconstruct - Rilo Kiley6. Piano Fire - Sparklehorse7. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing - Magnetic Fields8. Empassant - The Black Lips9. Suit Yourself - Shout Out Louds10. Bones of a Man - Chad Van Gaalen11. Don't Take My Sunshine Away - Sparklehorse12. Fill Your Heart - David Bowie13. The Wait...

This book was pretty good. I admit, I didn't like it as much as The Blue Fairy Book, but it was okay. I like how this is the first book where Andrew Lang really starts to branch out with translations of other authors (such as the inclusion of Romanian stories and tales by Charles Deulin) instead of just translating stories that have had a million previous translations.My favorite stories:- Princess Mayblossom (my favorite story in the collection)- The Death of Koschei the Deathless- Princess Ros...

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. 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 entertainment, grisly and cutting social or political commentary more ofte...

Favorites:Princess MayblossomThe Enchanted PigPrincess RosetteGraciosa and Percinet (this one especially! So magical)The Golden BranchThe Nettle SpinnerThe Enchanted CanaryBushy Bride

There's no telling what you'll read in these very imaginative and quite violent tales; pig-men, polygamy, fratricide, and racism are woven throughout with no action, response, or plot point too ridiculous or extreme. The moral of these stories are that all stepmothers are evil, dark or ugly is bad, and white and beautiful is good. And should these things become confused, no worries fairies will set them straight. Oh and check twice to see if the woman in your bed is really your wife.“So the lazy...

The casual (historical) racisms and misogynies notwithstanding, this is still a vital point in the record of children's fantasy literature.

This took longer to read than I thought, but it was an entertaining journey.My favorites:The Golden BranchDrakestailMother HolleThe Golden GooseThe 7 FoalsThe NorkaGraciosa and Percinet

This was a "suggested reading" book for the Charlotte Mason curriculum we are using. It is a collection of fairy tales and there are other books by the same author such as "The Blue Fairy Book". What I liked: there were many fairy tales that I had never heard of and it was fun to read the new stories. Another element that I liked was that it didn't "dumb down" the stories for children or take out the sad or scary parts. I don't like the disney type stories that infantilize children by always cre...

How I read these books when I was a child. . . .If you are looking for an introduction to the worlds of possibility in fairy tales, it's still a a good series. And can, of course, be read in any order since it's just collections of fairy tales. Those familiar with many tales may note some of the work done to make it a children's book -- "The Death of Koschei the Deathless" more often appears under the title "Marya Morvenva" and I think was simplified a bit here from most variants I have read.Thi...

It almost goes without saying that The Red Fairy Book is another enchanting installment of Andrew Lang's Fairy Book collection. Being one of the earlier books, it features illustrations not only of the excellent H.J. Ford, but of another artist named Lancelot Speed. I enjoyed Speed's drawings; they always looked elegant, with sumptuous detail. But they tended to be much less faithful to the stories than Ford's pictures. For example, Speed's illustrations in the story "Farmer Weatherbeard", his p...

I think I like my fairy tales in smaller doses - this book felt MUCH longer to me than the page numbers would indicate. Part of it was that lots were so similar - there were so many stories with a beautiful kind sister and an ugly mean sister. Or with handsome mean brothers and a plain kind brother - hmmm..... And there were many trolls with increasingly many heads that had to be killed. That said, it was fun seeing some of the classics in a more original form.

Moral of the tale...pretty princesses must suffer in the hands of ugly step family and then rescued by King or prince...not very encouraging

Over 37 stories in this one, the most I've seen so far. I recognize Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and The Golden Goose.Jack and the Beanstalk was good but more detailed than the movies I remember. Rapunzel is one of the best stories but sadly short. I had to laugh at myself for missing that Snowdrop was actually Snow White, forgot about that - you have to wonder with how braindead the girl ended up being three times in a row if she deserved so much saving! Unfor...

This book not only has over thirty great tales, readers will find the illustrations included enhance the stories and make the reading more fun.