The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales

This is the version of Fairy Tales that I grew up reading. These stories are beautifully written. The magic of these stories is so much more enduring than the Disney stories. My seven year old daughter told me she was too old for "princess stories." I read her several stories from this book, and she was amazed! The illustrations are a bit odd, but the words are wonderful.

I am 33 years old as of this writing and I remember this as by far my favorite fairy tale book as a child. My favorite story in the book was The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde - the ending was bittersweet and always made me cry but it was a beautiful testiment to friendship and the importance of kindness. There is also a wonderfully "girl power" version of The Prince and The Goosegirl. The prince wanted to possess the beautiful goosegirl but she just wanted to be loved - not owned.I searched out this book because my husband and I are planning to adopt and I could not imagine a better book for a child to learn the importance and magic of books.