Irish Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

I bought a few Irish, Celtic, or Fairy tale books to read to my child and this was one of them. I wanted something unique instead of the usual children's story book you would find and it delivers. It has very imaginative stories that entertain both him and myself.

Interesting choice of tales; some I’ve never heard before.

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Very random stories not many have anything to do with traditional Irish fairytales

This is a good book telling people, especially the young, the proper ways of being a good citizen. Though written with strong Irish-based culture, the stories have given me a wider horizon in knowing their philosophy on moral sense.

Fun book of Irish Fairy tales that a non-Irish person probably has never heard. Easy to read and understand. Not for little children, but perhaps older youth.

Being of Irish decent, I was able to identify with some of these tales. Of course there are stories of Leperchans, but there are others too. A great complmentary book to Grimm's and Jewish Fairy Tales.

I like these types of books with obscure stories never made into movies. They are good for young readers and lovers of Fairy Tales alike.

Six classic stories arguably selected from the uncountable variety of Irish folk tales where gnomes, elwes, Giants and fairies live all together with common people helping them to make their own fortune or sometimes taking jokes of credulous villagers. Includes six delightful black and white illustrations.

Can't wait to read