jenniferlee Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 After reading through the thread this week, I realized that my little boys have been missing out on fairy tales. So I checked a bunch out from the library; some are illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. They are so beautiful I just want to cry. It got me wondering if anyone had any others to recommend. I would love to have a collection (or at least check one out) of some really beautiful books. I also was wondering about the retellings in these. Some are by her and some are by other authors. I always see Andrew Lang's books recommended, but does it matter, I mean is the translation better/different? Thanks everyone. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRTGSw2K Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Anything illustrated by Paul Zelinksky and/or K.Y Craft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommytime Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ooh, I'll be listening in, too. The kids love fairy tales, but I haven't started on Andrew Lang's books yet. And I love Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations! I wanted to buy Peter Pan with her illustrations, but I can't find a used copy for a decent price. Also, she has a picture book about St. George of England that was beautiful. We have the Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale book that was recommended by SL, and a few others for little kids, but I'd like to add to our collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 My daughter & I love K.Y. Craft's illustrations! Pegasus, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, King Midas, etc. The Treasury of Children's Literature is a collection of fairy tales illustrated by different illustrators. The stories are nicely done, too. Other illustrators we like: Scott Gustafson (Classic Fairy Tales, and Peter Pan) Jerry Pinkney (Rikki Tikki Tavi, The Ugly Duckling, etc.) Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is beautifully illustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Three we like: Rumpelstiltskin by Christopher Noel, illustrated by Peter Sis. Tom Thumb by Richard Jesse Watson Tam Lin by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Charles Mikoaycak - This one is a Scottish tale and is lovely. We found it at a used book sale, but had never heard of it before then. We also like the illustrators mentioned above and the Lang books. The Lang books are closely written and have only a few illustrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Trina is one of my heroines. Here, check out my illustration pintrest board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Check out post #275 on The Thread. I linked a bunch of books I am planning to get for my kids. Anything illustrated by any of the artists on the list are gold-- Craft, Hyman, Spirin and Zelinsky are all great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Not sure if it's really a "fairytale" but my kids really love this version of The Elves and the Shoemaker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Lang, of course. :D Go for the Dover editions as they are the best bang for the buck (unless you can find a used edition with colour plates). Avoid omnibuses as they are poorly formatted, have tiny print, and are difficult to handle (it's difficult to fit twelve substantial volumes into one). Neil Philip has some nice collections: The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Celtic Fairy Tales The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Christmas Fairy Tales Stockings of Buttermilk Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet American Fairy Tales: From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories Though it contains more than one tail woven into a linking narrative, Padraic Colum's The King of Ireland's Son is a must read, though I'm not aware of a "beautiful" edition. :001_smile: The Troll with No Heart in His Body is a big favourite around here. Edited March 23, 2012 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Scott Gustafson's "Classic Fairy Tales" is stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryTime Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 :iagree: Anything illustrated by Paul Zelinksky and/or K.Y Craft. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryTime Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Trina is one of my heroines. Here, check out my illustration pintrest board. Love Trina, too. Thanks for sharing your board. Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Trina is one of my heroines. Here, check out my illustration pintrest board. Well done, Justa mouse! :hurray: Some of those just take my breath away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 From Dover books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Anything with Trina Schart Hyman is lovely--I have many of her titles, and they are up out of the kids' reach. They have to ask and be careful with them...:) Other favorites: Arthur Rackham Lizbeth Zwerger Victor Ambrus and this edition of Narnia and here are some of my sons' favorites: Beowulf To Capture the Wind Ivanhoe Kidnapped, Robin Hood, and Treasure Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ruth Sanderson does some beautifully illustrated fairy tales, with longer text and more complex language for older children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Not sure if it's really a "fairytale" but my kids really love this version of The Elves and the Shoemaker! Mine like that one, too. Ruth Sanderson does some beautifully illustrated fairy tales, with longer text and more complex language for older children. :iagree: We got Papa Gatto and Rose Red & Snow White from the library and they are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Trina is one of my heroines. Here, check out my illustration pintrest board. :iagree: I remember Trina's illustrations from when I was a child. And, nice board! I grew up with this book, but it is out of print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Bearskinner is one of my absolute favorites This Snow White Joan of Arc St. George and the Dragon Kitchen Knight(King Arthur) Merlin and the Making of a King Rapunzel Puss in Boots Rumplestiltskin Cupid and Psyche The Sea King's Daughter (this one is breathtaking) Little Red Riding Hood (this illustrator, Grennady Spirin, is amazing) Goldilocks and the Three Bears We Three Kings The Christmas Story (this and We Three is Spirin's best) The Velveteen Rabbit Tikki Tikki Tembo Strega Nona Shakespeare Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, and Arthur Rackham-two of the best illustrators ever, IMHO Rackham's Fairytale Illustrations Kay Neilsen's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color (with Rackham, and Dulac, he is the third jewel in the crown of Golden Age Illustators) You could just let the kids look, while you read from the kindle. There's also fantastic coloring books-like Rackhams Fairy Tale Coloring book. And the Stained Glass version Edited March 23, 2012 by justamouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Not beautiful like some of the others, but engaging and the best Aesop I've found, they are in color and well done pictures. My children love to read and re-read the stories and look at the pictures. I love this Robert Frost poem, and it's even better with stunning pictures by Susan Jeffers. If you want nicely illustrated history, I like Diane Stanley, very nice pictures, although a bit below justamouse's illustration pintrest board. (Which is beautiful, BTW!) Edited March 23, 2012 by ElizabethB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Paul O. Zelinsky, Kinuko Craft, and my new favorite, Gennady Spirin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) We regularly check out classic tales illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger from our county interlibrary loan system. One of our favorites is E. Nesbit's The Deliverers of Their Country. http://childscapes.com/bookpages/zwerger.html http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=lisbeth+zwerger&sprefix=Lisbeth+%2Cstripbooks%2C583 Edited March 23, 2012 by LivingHope Amazon link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 When I was little I used to LOVE the illustrations in Dean's A Book of Fairy Tales. I have my old battered copy, but it looks like this one's out of print.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferlee Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 OK, you guys are the BEST! what a lovely surprise to wake up to this morning - all of these amazing suggestions...I'm going to need to be careful or my spending is going out of control! Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I'm not sure how good the stories are that they illustrate, but some of my favorite illustrators are Jessie Willcox Smith, Eloise Wilkin, N.C. Wyeth, Charles Santore, Robert Ingpen, K.Y. Craft, Paul O. Zelinsky, Gustav Tenggren, Elsa Beskow, Gennady Spirin, and Kate Greenaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I've missed something .... what "the thread"? Please point me in the direction. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The Lang collection is free on Lit2Go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I've missed something .... what "the thread"? Please point me in the direction. Thanks Here.. Hope you've lots of free time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The Lang collection is free on Lit2Go. Thanks for posting. Lit2Go looks fantastic and include text and mp3 files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Here.. Hope you've lots of free time! Oh, that "the thread". I started it yesterday, but got side tracked looking up things posters were mentioning. I'll have to get back to it. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I like Anastasiya Archipova's illustrations: Favourite Tales from Hans Christian Andersen Favourite Grimm's Tales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I like Anastasiya Archipova's illustrations: Favourite Tales from Hans Christian Andersen Favourite Grimm's Tales those are gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 My mom had this from when she was a little girl and my kids love it: http://www.amazon.com/The-Fairy-Tale-Book-Deluxe/dp/B001D67Q7A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332523950&sr=8-1 It looks like there is a new reprint, but I'm not sure if the pictures are the same. http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Book-Fairy-Tales-Classics/dp/030717025X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1332523950&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I have this in hardcover also. Beautiful illustrations. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 When I was little I used to LOVE the illustrations in Dean's A Book of Fairy Tales. I have my old battered copy, but it looks like this one's out of print.... :hurray: That is the one I posted in my link, I think. Mine is so worn out, too. The cheapest used one I could find was $45! As a kid I liked Sleeping Beauty the best but now we keep going back to the White Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Mercer Mayer has some beautiful work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtneySue Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 After reading through the thread this week, I realized that my little boys have been missing out on fairy tales. So I checked a bunch out from the library; some are illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. They are so beautiful I just want to cry. It got me wondering if anyone had any others to recommend. I would love to have a collection (or at least check one out) of some really beautiful books. I also was wondering about the retellings in these. Some are by her and some are by other authors. I always see Andrew Lang's books recommended, but does it matter, I mean is the translation better/different? This is the rubric I use: 1. Are they written well? 2. Are they disneyed (KWIM) or sanitized in some way? If so, stay away. Disney has ruined so many fairy tales. I was shocked when I first learned that Hansel tells Gretel to "trust in God" in the originals. 3. If there are illustrations, then they must be beautiful (which it seems like you've mastered.) I should also mention, that if you can find them, try to get the older Lang versions that were published in hard back. The font is bigger, the illustrations are bigger and each page is even decorated with border art (I guess you would call it). This is what I mean. Isn't this way better than the paper back versions you see: Thanks for all of the recommendations on here. I haven't even heard of half of these versions. I'm going to have to check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferlee Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Lutheran girl, Thanks for your input. I am just starting to ask real questions. Which is sort of depressing considering I've been homeschooling for 9 years. I've just sort of gone by sonlight's book lists and called it good. All of this has been really eye-opening. My older kids are LOVING the fairy tale books I'm getting out for my little boys. they had read a few of them in different books years ago, but never these beautiful editions. We're really having fun! Realization today: My dh knows NONE of these stories. He was never read to as a child and didn't read a book on his own until he was 19. It's now his assignment to read one fairy tale every day to the little boys.:D Thanks again for all the great links. My library card is Maxed Out! Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Anything illustrated by Paul Zelinksky and/or K.Y Craft. These are my FAVORITE. Scott Gustafson's "Classic Fairy Tales" is stunning. I broke down and ordered this today. Its been on my wishlist for awhile now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Aaah! I want one well written, beautifully illustrated fairy tale book - a living book - is there such a thing? I bet- but which one?? Can people please comment on the literary quality? I'm imagining beautiful words flowing from the pages.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 {on soapbox} One thing to keep in mind is that there's no such thing as "fairy tales." I mean, there is, but there's no defined canon of which tales and which versions matter, plus there's the issue of conflating legend, folk lore, mythology and "modern"/"manufactured" fairy tales (King of the Golden River, etc). There are many compilations because all of the material is in the public domain, so it's nearly impossible to identify The One. You have to go with your gut about which illustrations are beautiful to you! There's also the question of whether you stick with a specific folklore collector (Grimm, Jacobs, Hauffman, Perrault) or throw in Hans Christian Andersen, etc. {off soapbox} Ahem. In recent months I have become very fond of Paul Galdone's illustrations of classic fairy tales. And Cooper Edens' Classics Illustrated books are decorated with illustrations from a variety of sources that have fallen into the public domain. I find them fascinating to page through and quite lovely. It also saves you having to commit to one particular illustration style! Here is his Brothers Grimm. Oh, and I also like the illustrations of Don Daily and Susan Jeffers. Last but not least, for you out-of-print fiends like me, there was a Czech illustrator named Jiri Trnka who did some beautiful fairy tale illustrations for a British publisher in the 1960s. Here are some of his illustrations for Hauff's Fairy Tales. I think his stuff is just gorgeous, and so unique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoika Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 OK, you guys are the BEST!what a lovely surprise to wake up to this morning - all of these amazing suggestions...I'm going to need to be careful or my spending is going out of control! Jen Yes, thanks all! My amazon cart overfloweth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Trina is one of my heroines. Here, check out my illustration pintrest board. Beautiful! I'm following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 We've really enjoyed The Porridge Pot http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0698400739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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