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A review by hazelalaska
The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
3.0
2.75 stars.
First, I wanted mention a few small issues I have with this book, specifically the edition I have, because it did impact the reading experience. None of the page numbers match up in the Kindle edition I have, not even within the book itself. For example, the table of contents states that the story is on page 100, but when I go to the story the page number at the bottom says 80. I think this is because the edition I have does not include illustrations or woodcuts, despite having lists of them at the beginning of the book. The book lists the final story as starting on page 319, but the Kindle says that it has 253 pages, and here on Goodreads it says it only has 156 pages. This is a minor annoyance, but I wish it was more consistent because I've never had this problem before. There were also no attributions at the end of each story about what country or culture it came from, which is always interesting to know.
This is definitely my least favorite of the books in this series I've read so far. There were a lot stories that fell into the just okay category for me, and only one that I really loved, which was Thumbelina. There were more stories that I disliked than the number of ones I liked.
Favorites:
Thumbelina
Good:
The Six Swans
The Donkey Cabbage
The Grateful Beasts
The Giants and the Herd-Boy
The Invisible Prince
The Wizard King
Alphege, or the Green Monkey
Fairer-than-a-Fairy
The Glass Axe
The White Duck
The Witch and her Servants
The Magic Ring
The Flower Queen's Daughter
The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son
The Story of King Frost
The Swineherd
The Witch in the Stone Boat
The Nightingale
The Steadfast Tin-soldier
Okay:
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
The Dragon of the North
Story of the Emperor's New Clothes
The Golden Crab
The Iron Stove
The Little Green Frog
The Crow
How Six Men travelled through the Wide World
The Nixy
The Glass Mountain
The Three Brothers
The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise
The Dead Wife
In the Land of Souls
The Flying Ship
The Death of the Sun-hero
The Witch
The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus
Prince Ring
How to Tell a True Princess (A.K.A The Princess and the Pea)
The Blue Mountains
The Tinder-box
Hermod and Hadvor
Didn't Like:
The Dragon and his Grandmother
The Seven-headed Serpent
The Hazel-nut Child
Blockhead Hans
A Story about a Darning-needle
First, I wanted mention a few small issues I have with this book, specifically the edition I have, because it did impact the reading experience. None of the page numbers match up in the Kindle edition I have, not even within the book itself. For example, the table of contents states that the story is on page 100, but when I go to the story the page number at the bottom says 80. I think this is because the edition I have does not include illustrations or woodcuts, despite having lists of them at the beginning of the book. The book lists the final story as starting on page 319, but the Kindle says that it has 253 pages, and here on Goodreads it says it only has 156 pages. This is a minor annoyance, but I wish it was more consistent because I've never had this problem before. There were also no attributions at the end of each story about what country or culture it came from, which is always interesting to know.
This is definitely my least favorite of the books in this series I've read so far. There were a lot stories that fell into the just okay category for me, and only one that I really loved, which was Thumbelina. There were more stories that I disliked than the number of ones I liked.
Favorites:
Thumbelina
Good:
The Six Swans
The Donkey Cabbage
The Grateful Beasts
The Giants and the Herd-Boy
The Invisible Prince
The Wizard King
Alphege, or the Green Monkey
Fairer-than-a-Fairy
The Glass Axe
The White Duck
The Witch and her Servants
The Magic Ring
The Flower Queen's Daughter
The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son
The Story of King Frost
The Swineherd
The Witch in the Stone Boat
The Nightingale
The Steadfast Tin-soldier
Okay:
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
The Dragon of the North
Story of the Emperor's New Clothes
The Golden Crab
The Iron Stove
The Little Green Frog
The Crow
How Six Men travelled through the Wide World
The Nixy
The Glass Mountain
The Three Brothers
The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise
The Dead Wife
In the Land of Souls
The Flying Ship
The Death of the Sun-hero
The Witch
The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus
Prince Ring
How to Tell a True Princess (A.K.A The Princess and the Pea)
The Blue Mountains
The Tinder-box
Hermod and Hadvor
Didn't Like:
The Dragon and his Grandmother
The Seven-headed Serpent
The Hazel-nut Child
Blockhead Hans
A Story about a Darning-needle