Best children fairy tales books according to redditors
We found 138 Reddit comments discussing the best children fairy tales books. We ranked the 32 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 138 Reddit comments discussing the best children fairy tales books. We ranked the 32 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
[Johan Bauer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bauer_(illustrator) was a Swedish artist born in 1882. He drowned on a regular ferry trip when he was only 36 a long with his family. He painted for a Swedish book series called "Among Elfs and Trolls" (I did a direct translation from Swedish there) that started out in 1907.
He did several paintings. These are my fav ones:
Heading out to see the world
Mountain troll brings home the loot
Sad girl outside the troll cave
Here is the biggest list of his paintings that I could find, but it is almost overwhelming to see them all lined up. They are so magical and prodigious when separated. If you ever visit Sweden and head down crowded city streets, you will see some traces of his art here and there in the tourist shops. His presence in the Swedish culture heritage is forever accepted.
Edit: I'm really happy for all the Bauer fans out there. Also, there seems to be a lot of cool parents having Bauer posters above beds!
Edit 2: Here's a sample from the book "Det bästa ur Bland tomtar och troll : vår mest älskade sagoskatt". Translates to "The best from Among Hobs and Trolls: Our most beloved story treasure" (Thanks to Bo87)
Edit 3: Here is a John Bauer book in English. (Thanks to sweeneh)
There are technically 11 wizarding schools worldwide! There's all this background lore not directly mentioned in the series, but in the other littler stories like Tales of Beetle & The Bard (the children's book left to Hermione by Dumbledore that contained the story about the Deathly Hollows).
There's this western Rapunzel that was really good.
Courageous Princess by Espinoza was very good too.
Thorn in the Bone series was pretty strong but I didn't read ALL the stories.
Good as Lily was pretty good, no super heroes in that one, per se.
Plain Janes was also very well done.
But some of these might be over the head of a 5 year old besides the Rapunzel one.
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Slavic Wheel of the Year
I think this is mainly polish. My Ukranian friend gave me these correspondences:
Jare Gody = Velykden (sort of like Easter, but with a folk twist)
Dziady = Holy Trinity Day or we aslo do Maslenitsa (I think these are different dates)
Kupala Night – same across the border – love this one, my fav!
Plony or Dożynki = Obzhynki (not so popular J) I don’t know much about it
Szczodre Gody = Sviata Vecheria (the night before Christmas when devil comes to visit a witch in the village :)
http://mnomquah.blogspot.com/2017/02/slavic-way-rodnovery-and-slavic-wheel.html
I know you said not russian, but these herbs were used throughout eastern europe.
A Russian Herbal (book)
https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Herbal-Traditional-Remedies-Healing/dp/0892815493
Baba Yaga
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
This also says Russian, but these fairy tales are generally Finno-Ugric
https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Fairy-Illustrated-Alexander-Afanasyev/dp/1908478683
A book on Slavic Witchcraft that just came out in August. I haven’t read it yet.
https://www.amazon.com/Slavic-Witchcraft-Conjuring-Spells-Folklore/dp/1620558424
Edit: a link, formatting
Edit: abebooks.com is a great resource for cheap used books. I use it over amazon when possible. The best way to search is to copy the ISBN from amazon and use that as the search term. I
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Terry Jones' Fairy Tales and The Beast With a Thousand Teeth?
I used to read a collection of Russian fairly tales by a famous Russian illustrator when I was a kid, hiding from the grownups while visiting a great-aunt. Most (or all?) of them included Baba Yaga, the evil witch who had metal teeth for eating naughty children, "like others eat chickens." My favorite part was the illustrations, because they are gorgeous. Baba Yaga scared the crap out of me, but I was comforted by the stories because there were always spells or some other magic to combat her evil, wielded by a brave protagonist. I guess we all know why that resonated...
I am pretty sure it was this one, if my memory holds, and I see the first story in this book is the one mentioned in the OP. If you look inside the book online you can see some of the illustrations:
https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Fairy-Illustrated-Alexander-Afanasyev/dp/1908478683
My daughter is 3 and a half. She doesn't seem to be old enough to study mythology and religions yet, but I'd be happy to give her a book like this http://www.amazon.com/God-His-Creations-Marcia-Williams/dp/0744596629 along with other books like this http://www.amazon.com/Greek-Myths-Marcia-Williams/dp/B00DPNTZPU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2 I have no problem talking all about world religions that are practiced today or in history, issues of respect (such as when she's over at another person's house for lunch and they pray before a meal, she should sit and bow her head with them not grab a grape right away), and when religion does come up it'll be a good chance to start talking about diversity issues as well. Right now, though, it just hasn't been something's she's asked about, even when we've visited the Vatican or a Buddhist Temple, so I think all these educational opportunities will be for when she's a bigger kid.
Something along these lines - Russian Fairy Tales, with rich illustrations?
If this isn't the one, check Raduga Publishers' and Mir Publishers' Russian folk tales catalogues. These folktales were translated in English and numerous other Indian languages, catering to the Indian audience as part of the Indo-Soviet cultural exchange back in the day.
Pikachu me! Here's a set of 14 books for only 0.99
I have this one. It is slightly taller than the other two and has very different cover art. It looks like the new purple one matches the original ones a little better (I'm not sure about the size, though. Also, the contents are probably the same as the original, but I'm not 100% sure.
Nota : Si alguien conoce algo de lo que puse aca, me va a hacer muy feliz :D
Musica :
Creature Feature - The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth (Algo asi como rock sobre peliculas de terror y vieja ciencia ficcion. Este tema en particular es sobre "Them!")
Vermillion Lies - Long Red Hair (Un poco de Dark Cabaret pero mas light. Cualquier cosa de Vermillion Lies esta buena)
Sparks - Dick Around (Sparks cambia de genero en cada album. Esta cancion en particular cambia de genero cada 2 minutos. Bizarro y espectacular. Y lo mas conocido de todo, creo)
Peliculas :
The Wayward Cloud (Musical taiwanes, incluye sexo con una sandía, una pija bailarina y gente cagada de sed)
La cité des enfants perdus (Ciencia ficcion francesa, estilo distopica, por ahi bastante conocida para algunos)
Libros :
Harlan Ellison - Visiones Peligrosas (Una compilacion de cuentos de ciencia ficcion, supuestamente demasiado "controversiales" para su epoca. Harlan Ellison compilo a varios autores, quienes enviaron lo mas jodido que tenian y lo publico todo junto. MUY recomendado)
Suso de Toro - A Sombra Cazadora (Lamentablemente, creo que la unica version disponible de esta novela esta en Gallego. Ciencia ficcion/Thriller/Terror en el trasfondo de Galicia, y con una idiosincrasia muy local. Unico e interesante)
My mom visited the town where he works, it happens to be in Canada, and she brought it home for me.
Yeah, I tried to only buy from the original country, but that fell apart when I accidentally bought a Spanish edition in Italy. I coudn't tell the difference between the two languages back then. Also, I'm pretty sure that no one speaks in Latin anymore, so I'd have missed out on owning "Harrius Potter."
The regular Canadian editions are the same as the British versions, though they say Raincoast instead of Bloomsbury. Same covers and spelling. And it's called Philosopher's Stone in Canada, although the very first copy I owned was a Scholastic Sorcerer's Stone.
And the Deluxe Tales is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Beedle-Collectors-Offered-Exclusively-Amazon/dp/0956010903. I don't think it's Canadian, but I might have worded my post badly.
Have you tried non-western fairy tales? There are tons of African folk lore tales and Chinese tales out there if you look. Things like Why Do Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears and the Anansi stories are good. Also Tikki Tikki Tembo and The Funny Little Woman.
There are a bunch more, but they paint a much different view of the world than the Grimm stories do.
It's about the Pueblo people and not the Aztecs, but Arrow to the Sun has a very similar plot to what you described? Came out 1977.
Here is a good beginner's book on OHG.
Here is an OHG-English dictionary in PDF form.
Germania is perhaps the greatest source we have for insight into the Germanic tribal religion.
Jacob Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, while controversial, provides a lot of insight into lesser-known Germanic deities.
Even post-conversion works like the Kinder- und Hausmärchen can help us understand the remnants of heathen belief in German culture.
My mom did reading intervention when I was little, so books were pretty much where it was at. Sam' Sandwich and the sequels, Strega Nona, Flat Stanley (who has apparently turned into a Thing in the last twenty years or so, all of Babar, Caps for Sale, Tikki Tikki Tembo, The Boy Who Drew Cats... I could go on and on and on. Story time was a very big deal around these parts and you can't pick just one. Much like how being read just one story was never acceptable.
Amazon exclusive deluxe/collector's edition
Not sure about number 2, but I'm pretty sure Arrow to the Sun is the first book you're looking for.
Arrow to the Sun?
Oz: The Complete Collection (All 14 Oz Books, with Illustrated Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Exclusive Bonus Features) -- only 99¢ for all 14!
And The Dark Tower series!
Also consider that your local community library will have many e-books for free. =)
I would like to read the complete works of Poe, OR the Tales of Beadle the Bard. Surprise me if I win, and give me whichever one allows you to gift more people! :D
Oh dear. I'm soooo drunk
Favorite drunk foods hands down are grilled cheese sandwiches cooked with doritos in the middle (if you can manage to get them between the bread) aaaaand taco bell's cheesy fiesta potatoes. Mmmmm
And this book! It's 3.99 & free shipping from internationalbooks. And others beneath them at similar prices.
Happy drunk snacking!
Might it have been a volume of Swedish (or international) folk/fairy tales? There's a Swedish folk tale called The Queen's Necklace (or The Queen's Pearl Necklace).
"King Hendrik is cruel and greedy, taxing his people to the point of starvation. His prized possession is a string of 100 pearls, 99 of them flawless and 1 small and imperfect. He is lacking only a queen and orders his nephew, Prince Nils, to find him a perfect bride. Nils returns with Blanzeflor, a lovely and kind young woman willing to marry King Hendrik so that her father won't starve. The king gives her the pearls, warning that the day they are not around her neck will be her last. She finds that she cannot bear to see her people suffer, and one by one the pearls are sent to help them. When they are all gone, Blanzeflor is sentenced to death, but the birds she has cared for and who witnessed her kindness rescue her and destroy the king."
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:If_someone_else_cries_when_you_laugh_then_you_will_have_your_tears_back_by_John_Bauer_1914.jpg
*Edit: the above illustration was for an anthology of Swedish folk tales called Among the Gnomes and Trolls, illustrated by John Bauer.
**Edit again: John Bauer's illustrations were reproduced in Swedish Folk Tales: https://www.amazon.com/Swedish-Folk-Tales-John-Bauer/dp/0863154573/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0863154573&pd_rd_r=CERG67SV18B67AK2RGQE&pd_rd_w=qwFCW&pd_rd_wg=Bg2O2&psc=1&refRID=CERG67SV18B67AK2RGQE
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beast-With-Thousand-Teeth/dp/product-description/0872263746
This is definitely it but not sure if it's also part of a different collection.
ebook
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
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Don't get mad get gifty :) disparaging remarks are for loosers. ebook awesomeness
You also need to read The Tales of Beedle the Bard. :)
I need book 5 in the ASOIAF series!
I'd like some butterbeer! Thank you for the contest. :)
Originally a Swedish folk tales book released each Christmas. I found this on amazon.
It may be a little scary for a really young child, but when they get a little older, read them The Funny Little Woman. It's really wonderful.
Also the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling are really lovely.
Well the followup to The Devil Wears Prada came out and I haven't read it yet, and I am dying to! I read the preview and I can't wait to read the rest of it.
Harry Potter was amazing. Don't forget to get The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I'd like some butterbeer!
It may not have been in the movie but it might be an illustration from the book that accompanies it:
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Beedle-Standard-Edition-Potter/dp/0545128285
Yeah, it's correct.
I don't really know why it's confusing for you?
Gnome and Trolls is an anthology (A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.) which was given out each Christmas between 1907-1915.
Tuvstarr (Sagan om älgtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr / The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass) was in the 1913 edition.
I guess the problem is finding English prints? There are several in Swedish at least. I'm guessing that people where a lot more interested in the painting itself then the short story.
http://media.bonnierforlagen.se/bladderex/?isbn=9789163866067
http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163866067/sagan-om-algtjuren-skutt-och-lilla-prinsessan-tuvstarr/
It seems that http://www.amazon.com/Swedish-Folk-Tales-Polly-Lawson/dp/0863154573 does NOT include Tuvstarr and Swedish Fairy Tales is just a re-print of Folk Tales with lower res pictures.
it might be included here, but I'm not sure https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1529730.Great_Swedish_Fairy_Tales otherwise I think your best shot is to contact the publisher Bonnier Carlsen and ask them if there is a English print of Tuvstarr
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https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Drew-Cats-Japanese/dp/0803711727
It's my first English book. Weird but funny.
I really want some game keys.
The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren is a classic young children's book. http://www.amazon.com/Tomten-Astrid-Lindgren/dp/0698115910/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373923417&sr=1-1&keywords=the+tomten
Swedish Folk Tales is worth the price alone for Bauer's illustrations. I'd place reading age closer to 10-12, but again, the pictures are lovely. Some of the stories are appropriate for a younger age if you don't mind reading them.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0863154573/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If you are going to rock the look you need some make up to go along with! Have a nice day and thanks for the contest!
Here is my item!
This edition has been selling out at my bookstore for about six months straight. The owner order a couple on a whim one day, and soon we started keeping one on the shelf, one in the window and one on display inside, they were selling so well. Come re-order time, it's always at the top of the list. EVERY TIME. I can't explain it, but it makes me happy to know that people haven't forgotten the originals. The customers that buy them are usually aged 18-30, but the look of recognition and joy people get upon spotting it is ageless. Like reuniting old friends every time.
This. I've never read the entire series and I think it would be great.
Favorite quote is difficult as there are so many, but I'll go with, "If this gets any more cloying, I think I'll vomit." (Beldin from the Belgariad by David and Leigh Eddings). I don't know when I'll get a Labor Day off.
Chuckle fucks
This $0.99 ebook is on my Books list!
This because I love Lana and this is a good remix.
Or This which is a little cheaper :)
Chuckle Fucks.
Avengers2 Promotional Poster! Looks pretty cool!;)
I'd love this Wizard of Oz collection eBook thingy!
Thanks for the contest! Congrats on the lease!
iPhone case, I have it in orange and white and it's awesome. And a book and music
Edit: and a keychain. Lists are apple, kindle, mp3s, and under 5
Found it Arrow to the Sun. here it is on amazon.
I have to have some noise or I can't focus. I'll be like it's too silent in here... I need to do something. So I turn on some old movie or tv show that I have seen no shorter than 100 times and I'm not tempted to watch it because every time my brain taps into the movie, I can already picture it in my head! It works for me atleast =) Link
Thanks for the contest!
[I have this in my Books wish list] (http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Illustrated-Wonderful-Exclusive-ebook/dp/B00C448DL8/ref=cm_wl_huc_item)
This is not a kindle deal, but it IS a deal for anyone who loves the wizard of oz. This is .99c and ALL THE BOOKS. Not entering, just sharing! :D
If you can get your hands on a copy of Russian Fairy Tales it is, essentially, the Brothers Grimm style collection of russian folklore.
Edit: the Wikipedia entry for the book can also do in a pinch.
I have This version. I don't know if it will actually stand up to your standards of gruesome, but it definitely is unabridged. There's a story about how a Jew gets what's coming to him. He deserves the horrible treatment in the end because, as far as the story tells you, he is a Jew. If they included that story, I don't think they left much out!
1.Uzumaki, I haven't read it yet but I have read Junji Ito and now I am really into horror manga.
2. I have the goal of be coming an author and this book is a little indpiration I have read it three times.
3. I have not read this yet but JK Rowling is my ultimate inspiration
A painting of Regular Show meets Adventure Time would be super lovely if I win. :D
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Collectors edition