The Brown Fairy Book

Andrew Lang and Henry Justice Ford

Plates first, stories after: this is the illustrated printing of Lang's brown fairy collection, full-page pictures included. Inside wait the Cunning Hare, the water-dwelling Bunyip, Ball-carrier finishing his impossible task, and the strange case of what the rose did to the cypress. The art makes the monsters better and the princesses prouder. A handsome edition for fairy-tale completists. Please note: this is the text of the story only. It has no pictures, so it is meant for a grown-up to read aloud rather than for a child to read alone. The illustrated experience of this story is the audiobook edition on Littletone.