Description:  The second of two fairy tale anthologies for 8 year olds, each containing 36 stories specially chosen to appeal to this age. Three selections in this volume come from Andersen, five from Grimm, three from Ewing's Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales, and three from Pyle's Wonder Clock, with the remaining selected from 17 different books, representing the Norse, English, Czech, Finnish, Russian, and Swedish traditions. Numerous illustrations, some in color, add interest to many of the tales.

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1. Hans in Luck
2. The Prince of Engalien
3. The White Bird
4. The Three Spinsters
5. Mighty Mikko
6. The Husband Who Was To Mind the House
7. The Water of Life
8. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
9. The Old Hag of the Forest
10. The Simpleton and His Little Black Hen
11. Katie Woodencloak
12. The Dwarfs' Tailor
13. The Singing Bell
14. The Christmas Cuckoo
15. Clever Manka
16. Good Luck Is Better Than Gold
17. Susan Walker, What a Talker!
18. Frost

19. Aschenputtel
20. Tom Hickathrift
21. The Seven Reindeer
22. The Lost Half-Hour
23. The Ogre Courting
24. Puss in Boots; or, The Master Cat
25. Murdoch's Rath
26. The Swineherd
27. Goody Gainst-the-Stream
28. Jack the Cunning Thief
29. Faithful John, the King's Servant
30. The Prince, Two Mice and Some Kitchen‑Maids
31. The Flax
32. Molly Whuppie
33. How One Turned His Trouble to Some Account
34. Little Freddy with His Fiddle
35. Steven Bolovan and the Dragon
36. The Wild Swans