Virginia Haviland - Works, Fairy Tale Series

Works, Fairy Tale Series

In the 1950s, Virginia Haviland was a pioneer in attempting to collect international fairy tales into a series of volumes that were more accessible to children. While still a Boston librarian, Haviland submitted a proposal for her Favorite Fairy Tales series to Little, Brown and Company, who accepted and published her books in hard cover ca 1959 - 1971. The books were republished in trade paperback by Beech Tree in the mid-90's. To compile her series, Virginia Haviland traveled around the world meeting with librarians, authors, and authorities in fairy tales. The collection includes:

  1. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France. Retold from Charles Perrault and other French storytellers. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. 1959.
  2. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in England. Retold from Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by Bettina Ehrlich. 1959.
  3. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Russia. Retold from Russian Storytellers. Illustrated by Herbert Danska. 1961.
  4. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India. Illustrated by Blair Lent. 1973.
  5. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Germany. Retold from the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Susanne Suba. 1959.
  6. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Sweden. Illustrated by Ronni Solbert. 1966.
  7. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Poland. Illustrated by Felix Hoffman. 1963.
  8. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Spain. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. 1963.
  9. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland. Retold from Irish Storytellers. Illustrated by Artur Marokvia. 1961.
  10. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Czechoslovakia. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. 1966.
  11. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Scotland. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams. 1963.
  12. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Denmark. Illustrated by Margot Zemach. 1971.
  13. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Japan. Illustrated by George Suyeoka. 1967.
  14. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. 1970.
  15. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Italy. Illustrated by Evaline Ness. 1965.
  16. Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Norway. Retold from Norse Folklore. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. 1961.

In 1985, Little, Brown and Company also published a single-volume sampling of her series called Favorite Fairy Tales Told Around the World.

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