The Blue Fairy Book

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The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.

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The Blue Fairy Book canonical 6

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instanceOf book ⓘ
fairy tale collection ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Andrew Lang ⓘ
basedOn traditional European fairy tales ⓘ
compiler Andrew Lang ⓘ
containsWork Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp ⓘ
linked to: Aladdin (folk tale)

Beauty and the Beast ⓘ
Cinderella ⓘ
East of the Sun and West of the Moon ⓘ
Hansel and Gretel ⓘ
linked to: Hansel & Gretel

Jack the Giant-Killer ⓘ
Little Red Riding Hood ⓘ
Little Thumb ⓘ
linked to: Tom Thumb

Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess ⓘ
Rumpelstiltskin ⓘ
Sleeping Beauty ⓘ
Snow-White and Rose-Red ⓘ
The Bronze Ring ⓘ
linked to: The Enchanted Ring

The Forty Thieves ⓘ
linked to: forty thieves

The Goose-Girl ⓘ
linked to: The Goose Girl

The History of Whittington ⓘ
The Master-Maid ⓘ
The Princess on the Glass Hill ⓘ
The Red Etin ⓘ
The Terrible Head ⓘ
The Three Bears ⓘ
The Tinder-Box ⓘ
linked to: "The Tinder-box"

The Water of Life ⓘ
linked to: "The Water of Life"

The White Cat ⓘ
The Wonderful Sheep ⓘ
The Yellow Dwarf ⓘ
Why the Sea is Salt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Andrew Lang ⓘ
followedBy The Red Fairy Book ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
hasIllustrator G. P. Jacomb Hood ⓘ
H. J. Ford ⓘ
hasNumberOfStories 37 ⓘ
influenced popularization of fairy tales in the English-speaking world ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor introducing many continental European fairy tales to English readers ⓘ
partOf late 19th-century folklore revival ⓘ
positionInSeries first volume ⓘ
publicationYear 1889 ⓘ
publisher Longmans, Green, and Co. ⓘ
series Andrew Lang's Fairy Books ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ

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Andrew Lang → notableWork → The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ
The Red Fairy Book → follows → The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ
The Yellow Fairy Book → followsInSeries → The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ
Leonora Blanche Alleyne → notableWork → The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books → hasPart → The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books → firstVolume → The Blue Fairy Book ⓘ