The Blue Fairy book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources: not only from Grimm, but exciting adventures by Charles Perrault and Madame d"Aulnoy, The Arabian Nights, and other storeis frompopular traditions. In this volume you will find Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltzkin, Beauty and the Beast, hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Trust John....and many other favorites that have become an indispensable part of our cultural heritage

This collection contains 37 stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Andrew Lang was famous.