The Book of Elves and Fairies [abridged] (2002)

by Frances Jenkins Olcott

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Accounts of elfin mounds and fairy hills abound here. So do fables of little men and treasures of gold, fairy servants, and spirits of water, forest, and meadow. Nearly 50 charming fairy tales and fantasies -- gathered from Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, China, and other faraway places -- are retold here. For ages 10 and up.… (more)

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This is a book of fairy tales in the truest sense of the word - every single one of the tales that Olcott collected from all over the world contains some member of the fae. It was refreshing that tales from the Eastern hemisphere were also included. (

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Accounts of elfin mounds and fairy hills abound here. So do fables of little men and treasures of gold, fairy servants, and spirits of water, forest, and meadow. Nearly 50 charming fairy tales and fantasies -- gathered from Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, China, and other faraway places -- are retold here. For ages 10 and up.

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