First published in 1889, The Blue Fairy Book launched Andrew Lang's legendary series of "colour" fairy books and remains the most celebrated collection of its kind. Within its pages are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast, and dozens more timeless tales gathered from French, German, and Scandinavian traditions. Lang's gift for storytelling turned scattered folklore into a single enchanted volume that has introduced children — and the children they once were — to the magic of fairy tales for well over a century.