Read this aloud to the 14y/o. Most stories were almost exactly the length of time we read before bed. If a story was short, it gave me time to explain/read the original folk/faerie tale. The kid never had an Andrew Lang phase (which I did/do), so other than the obvious inclusions many of these were new to them. 

Our favourites (mostly meaning that they made us cry) were:

• The Instant I Died – Gary Lonesborough (The Dog and the Sparrow)
• The Cherry Blossom Queen – Maggie Tokuda-Hall (The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom)
• Alda, Aysel & The Edisto River – Amber McBride (Mary Belle and the Mermaid)
• The Wooden Boy – Abdi Nazemian (The Adventures of Pinochio)

There were no outright stinkers, I think the lowest we rated any of them was 3/5. Most were in the four range. Highly recommended!