Contents:
• A Bag of Poetry • Lawrence Schimel (1997)
• Beauty and the Beast • Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1757)
• The Bells of Carrillon-Land • Edith Nesbit (1912)
• The Birthday Battle • Louise Cooper (1997)
• Blue Roses • Netta Syrett (1903)
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The Boy Who Plaited Manes • Nancy Springer (1986)
• The Castle • George MacDonald (1864)
• Cinderella or, The Little Glass Slipper • Charles Perrault (1697)
• The Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth • Lord Dunsany (1908)
• The Cloak of Friendship • Laurence Housman (1905)
• The Cotton-Wool Princess • Luigi Capuana (1892)
• The Drawing School • J. Muñez Escomez (1913)
• The Dutch Cheese • Walter de la Mare (1925)
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The Elves • Ludwig Tieck (1911)
• The Enchanted Watch • Charles Deulin (1892)
• The Enchanted Whistle • Alexandre Dumas (c. 1840)
• The Fairy Gift [“The Four Wishes”] • Charlotte Brontë (1918)
• The Forest Fairy • Lord Brabourne • ss Stories for My Children, 1869
• The Forest of Dreams [“Atmospheric Conditions”] • Lawrence Schimel (1994)
• The Girl Who Loved the Wind • Jane Yolen (1972)
• The Glass Dog • L. Frank Baum (1901)
• The Green Bird • Laurence Housman (1932)
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The Happy Prince • Oscar Wilde (1888)
• How Wry-Face Played a Trick on One-Eye • Agnes Grozier Herbertson (1908)
• Jack and the Beanstalk • Anon
• The Knave and the Fool [“Knave and Fool”] • Juliana H. Ewing (1872)
• Little Red Riding Hood • Laura Valentine (1889)
• Little Snowdrop; or, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • The Brothers Grimm
• The Mad-Hatter’s Tea Party (from
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) • Lewis Carroll
• The Mistreated Fellow • Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1987)
• Mother-of-All • F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (1997)
• The Necklace of Tears • Mrs. Egerton Eastwick (1896)
• The Night the Stars Were Gone • Joan Aiken (1977)
• Old Pipes and the Dryad • Frank R. Stockton (1885)
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin • Charles Marelles
• The Pot of Gold • Horace E. Scudder
• Princess Crystal; or, the Hidden Treasure • Isabel Bellerby (1896)
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Princess Sansu • Tanith Lee (1972)
• The Rat that Could Speak • Charles Dickens (1860)
• Rumpelstiltskin • The Brothers Grimm
• The Seekers • H. E. Bates (1926)
• The Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple • Edward Lear (1870)
• The Seven Ravens • Ludwig Bechstein (1848)
• Sleeping Beauty [“The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood”] • Charles Perrault (1697)
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The Snow Queen • Hans Christian Andersen (1844)
• The Story of Nick • Christina Rossetti (1857)
• The Three Bears • Sarah Baker (1870)
• The Three Goats Named Bruse; or, The Three Billy-Goats Gruff • Peter Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe
• The Three Tasks • Geraldine Elliot (1951)
• The Touchstone • Robert Louis Stevenson (1888)
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Touk’s House • Robin McKinley (1985)
• The Tree’s Wife • Jane Yolen (1978)
• The Ugly Duckling • Hans Christian Andersen (1843)
• The Ugly Unicorn • Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1991)
• The Unhappy Princess • Richard Cowper (1982)
• The White Cat • Marie-Cathérine d’Aulnoy (1698)
Edited by Mike Ashley