It’s Day 12 of my Book Advent Calendar; we are halfway through and at the letter
“L”. This time, I’m going to suggest
twelve books which I was given as a child and which I still possess: the Rainbow Fairy Books of Andrew Lang.
Between
1889 and 1910, Andrew Lang published twelve collections of fairy tales, each
with a different coloured binding, with a total of 437 stories collected,
edited and translated. These tales are
from cultures and countries around the world. The books, ordered
chronologically, are as follows: The Blue
Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, The Yellow Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, The Grey Fairy Book, The Violet Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy
Book, The Olive Fairy Book, and The Lilac Fairy Book. All have illustrations. It's the ultimate fairy tale collection.
I recently
learned that The Folio Society is publishing the full series of Lang’s fairy books
in beautiful hardback editions with classic illustrations (http://www.foliosociety.com/category/9319/andrew-lang-s-fairy-books).
I don’t usually recommend specific publishers and with each book costing
$94.95(CAN), this set is pricey, but the few Folio Society books I have are
wonderful – heirlooms to be sure. Maybe
Santa can bring me one a year for the next twelve years?
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