Once Upon a Time... 420 Fairy Tales from Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889). Part 3 of 3.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889). Part 2 of 3.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, from The Blue Fairy Book (1889) edited by Andrew Lang

This is the story of Cinderella as written by Charles Perrault, and included in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book (1889).

Sleeping Beauty (French: La belle au bois dormant, or The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest; German: Dornröschen, or Little Briar Rose), also titled in English as The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, is a fairy tale about a princess cursed by an evil fairy to sleep for a hundred years before being awakened by a handsome prince. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book (1889).

The tale of Little Red Riding Hood, with an alternate ending where she does not get eaten up by the wolf. ⁠Andrew Lang⁠⁠ included it in ⁠⁠The Blue Fairy Book⁠⁠ (1889).

This episode is less likely to frighten your child. If you want the cautionary tale without the friendly ending, please see the episode list.

This is the original cautionary version of Little Red Riding Hood. Andrew Lang⁠ included it in ⁠The Blue Fairy Book⁠ (1889).

This is different than the traditional ending. SPOILER: It DOES NOT end nicely! If your children are very young it might disturb them.

If that is the case, please see an alternate version of this story with a less frightening ending in the episode guide.

The Yellow Dwarf, (French: Le Nain jaune) is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book (1889).

This episode took several sessions to finish, as it is quite long. I hope you enjoy it!

"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" is a tale of a young girl who must make an arduous journey filled with peril to win her Prince from his fate. It is translated from the Norwegian tale "Østenfor Sol og vestenfor Maane" in the book Norske Folkeeventyr edited by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in 1852. ⁠Andrew Lang⁠⁠⁠ included it in ⁠⁠⁠The Blue Fairy Book⁠⁠⁠ (1889).

Read by Laura Piette. 

"Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess", a French fairy tale of "Le Prince Desir et la Princesse Mignonne", by Madame Leprince de Beaumont, is the second story in Andrew Lang's ⁠The Blue Fairy Book⁠ (1889).