Country United Kingdom Publication date November 23, 1978 Pages 254 pp Publisher Methuen Publishing Editor Ruth Manning-Sanders | Language English Media type Print (hardcover) Originally published 23 November 1978 Genre Fairy tale Illustrator Robin Jacques | |
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Similar A Choice of Magic, Peter and the Piskies: Cornish F, A Book of Mermaids, Scottish Folk Tales, More English Fairy Tales | ||
Folk and Fairy Tales is a 1978 anthology of 25 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. In fact, the book is mostly a collection of tales published in previous Manning-Sanders anthologies. Stories are pulled from A Book of Dragons, A Book of Mermaids, A Book of Witches, A Book of Dwarfs, A Book of Devils and Demons, A Book of Kings and Queens, A Book of Magic Animals, A Book of Giants, A Book of Ogres and Trolls, A Book of Wizards, A Book of Enchantments and Curses and A Book of Monsters.
There are also five previously unpublished stories. (Numbers 21 through 25 in the table of contents.)
It is preceded by the anthology A Choice of Magic (1971), another collection of (mostly) previously published Manning-Sanders tales.