These were a lot of fun. Not as good as Grimm’s but enjoyable nonetheless!

This collection has an assortment of tales by the Brothers Grimm, Andersen, Afanasiev and several folk stories from other northern countries. The ones I liked best were by Andersen.Daniel: I liked all the stories very much.

Haven't quite enjoyed it as much as the previous tomes, I've considered some stories to be a bit vulgar to be read to kids.

I grew up with a copy of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. I loved that hardback edition of fairy tales. I read it and reread it and reread it. At that time, I had no idea that there were a whole set of color fairy tales to be had. But I had such fond memories of it that when I spied a modern edition of The Yellow Fairy Book at our Friends of the Library Book Shop in 2015, I just had to bring it home with me. I have to admit that it wasn't as spellbinding to my adult self as that first fairy ta...

I enjoyed this book a lot, with its classic tales from around the world. There are stories compiled from Russia, Iceland, Poland, and many other places. There are Hans Christian Andersen stories, and some Native American legends added in for good measure. H.J. Ford's illustrations are exquisite as usual, and though the writing is more formal in style, so you have to read carefully to avoid missing details, the tone matches the fantastical tales. The stories range from the more serious and dark t...

I started out loving the stories, then they got less enchanting and more redundant and brutal. Favorites:The Dragon of the NorthThe Golden CrabThe Little Green FrogThe CrowThe Flower Queen's DaughterThe Flying Ship (I love gifted companion stories like this)The Seven-Headed Serpent (rather anticlimactic at the end, and how could that king live with himself, sending young people to die every year? But somehow I liked the atmosphere of the story)The Grateful BeastsThe Wizard King (I feel sympathy

All the Lang books are required reading. Pre- Joseph Campbell panoramas of history's imagination. Great illustrations and grittier lessons than any Disney wants to teach.

I enjoyed these non-Disnified fairy tales, especially the beautiful original illustrations. I would have liked to know the national origin of all the tales. In the midst of this book and another I was reading, I started talking with my husband of 30+ years about believing in fairy tales and happily- ever- afters. This is no longer popular, but the contrast with my other book made me think about how we've often replaced happily- ever- after with the- grass- is- always- greener. In all the fairy t...

This was a lot of fun and there were some pretty crazy stories included. Very few of the selections in this one were the main classics, which I think were mostly already covered in the previous three books. Steadfast Tin Soldier is in this one, which I'm not personally fond of. There were a couple of weird short fairy tales that felt kind of random and abrupt (e.g. the Darning Needle). But otherwise, I enjoyed my romp through old fairy tales, and I actually was quite fond of the Nightingale stor...

If fairy stories can't get a five-star rating then what is our standard? Five stars to Andrew Lang and his magnificent collection of colored fairy stories. This Yellow one is one of my favorites. Real fairy stories with real consequences.

My rating as more to do with the narration of the audiobook rather than the fairy tales. The actual fairy tales were ok. Some were more interesting than others. However, the narration was awful. Each narrator read in such a bored voice that it was very difficult to be interested in what they were reading. I may have enjoyed the book more if I had read it rather than listened to it. If I decide to read another of the color fairy books, I will definitely skip the audio version.

I own this Folio edition, but the tattered and torn faded smudged yellow falling apart edition my mother owned as a child was the one I adored in my own younglinghood.

I feel like I saw pretty much the same thing in all my reviews for these books but it was enjoyable. Some were boring and other were good.

This is the other book I got for Christmas last week. This was probably the first of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books that I exposed myself to (all the way back in 2013), and I'm glad to finally have a copy of my own. This one has quite a selection, including stories by Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, as well as stories from other parts of Europe as well as some Native American stories. I think this is the book with the most stories out of all of Andrew Lang's books (I think The Olive F...

A collection of fairy tales from all over the world: Grimm, Andersen, Arabian Nights and more. I listened to it on Spotify but got a bit annoyed by the i to atoon of the reader. I think I do prefer reading myself :)

This is the one in which the tales really start to branch out.  There are a couple of literary tales that I didn't much like, but a lot more places.  Greek.  Polish.  Bukowinaer.  Iclelandic.  A few from North America.  I particularly liked The Golden Crab, The Flower-Queen's Daughter (in which dragons ride horses and go to dances where humans can dance, too), The Grateful Beasts, The Witch in the Stone Boat, and The Blue Mountains.

Another beautiful book with amazing stories. I particularly enjoyed the native american fairy tales in this book. Also, as I continue to read these fairy tale series a few things stand out: One, we will ALWAYS make mistakes.Two, we should always try to persever and correct out mistakes, which hopefully will be rewarded in the end (and maybe not the way we thought we would be rewarded!)Three, love is really a powerful force, and that there is infatuation (which during this time, dumb mistakes are...

2.75 stars.First, I wanted mention a few small issues I have with this book, specifically the edition I have, because it did impact the reading experience. None of the page numbers match up in the Kindle edition I have, not even within the book itself. For example, the table of contents states that the story is on page 100, but when I go to the story the page number at the bottom says 80. I think this is because the edition I have does not include illustrations or woodcuts, despite having lists

I found this collection to be very enjoyable overall, with most of the stories being new to me (unlike in The Blue Fairy Book), showing a great deal of variety (unlike in The Red Fairy Book) and having several strong entries (far more than I found in The Green Fairy Book). It does contain some very weak stories as well, particularly towards the end (in fact, I think the whole first half is stronger than the second), but of course, some variation is to be expected.The collection contains some goo...

I love reading fairy tales - and especially a whole collection - I love seeing the common themes that the different ways the same stories are told. Although I may not agree with all of the messages - i am always interested to see how social norms get played out in these stories. In this collection - I was particularly interested in the themes of forgiveness and justice and the choices that characters make in regards to this. Not my favorite collection of stories but a few new ones I have not hea...