The Yellow Fairy Book

About this book

A prince meets a giant, a maiden is changed by a spell and a clever child learns that supernatural helpers can demand dangerous prices. Andrew Lang's yellow volume gathers tales from many storytelling traditions.

The Yellow Fairy Book belongs to his famous colour series, whose appeal has always rested on variety. It mixes recognisable fairy-tale patterns with surprising figures and turns of fate. The original illustrations help restore the sense of encountering these stories as a collection of adventures, each waiting behind the next page.