Publisher's Synopsis
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries-Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.