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Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book

Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn by winged frogs, a prince turned into a bird and a princess in the form of a deer, a fairy in the shape of a talking crayfish and Ivan, who crawls into his horse's ear. In the usual style of fairy tales most of these have a moral and a happy ending! (Summary by Beth Thomas) (6 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Snegorotchka (Russian)

The Buried Moon (English)

White Caroline and Black Caroline (Flemish)

The Seven Conquerors of the Queen of the Mississippi (Belgian)

The Serpent Prince (Italian)

The Hind of the Wood (French)

Ivan and the Chestnut Horse (Russian)

The Queen of the Many-Coloured Bed-Chamber (Irish)

The Blue Bird (French)

Bashtchelik, or Real Steel (Serbian)

The Friar and the Boy (English)

The Green Serpent (French)

Urashimo Taro (Japanese)

The Fire Bird (Russian)

The Story of the Bird Feng (Chinese)