Folk and Fairy Tales
First edition | |
| Author | Ruth Manning-Sanders |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Robin Jacques |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fairy Tales |
| Publisher | Methuen & Co. Ltd. |
Publication date | 23 November 1978 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 254 pp |
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There are also five previously unpublished stories.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.