18 books like Old Peter's Russian tales

What to read after Old Peter's Russian tales — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Hansel and Gretel Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 2006 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm. In this favorite Grimm Brothers tale, an evil stepmother sends Hansel and Gretel into the woods, but birds eat the crumb trail they drop along the trail to find their way back. Lost and hungry, they find a tempting house made of gingerbread...but can they trust the old woman inside?  Hansel and… Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Scary Stories 3 Alvin Schwartz · 1991 · ★ 3.9 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares: Folk literature, Tales, Folklore, Children's fiction Shares: Folk literature, Tales, Folklore, Children's fiction

The Crimson Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1903 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Twenty four fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Rumania, Serbia, Tunis, Finland, Iceland, Japan, and Sicily. Shares: Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Pink Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1897 · ★ 4.1 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A collection of more than thirty fairy tales gathered from all over the world. Shares: Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Kinder- und Hausmärchen Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1812 · ★ 4.2 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Challenging An illustrated edition of more than 200 traditional tales collected from German folklore by the Brothers Grimm. Shares: Folk literature, Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Olive Fairy Book (Complete & Unabridged) Andrew Lang · 1907 · ★ 4.0 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Twenty-nine tales from the folklore of Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, and the Sudan. Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Short Stories, Children's fiction

The Sleeping Beauty Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1910 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Sleeping Beauty told at length, with the hundred years of sleep and the family the prince has to leave, and other tales retold by a scholar-novelist for children. Quiller-Couch edited the Oxford Book of English Verse and wrote as a professor who never lost the storyteller's ear. The additions to Perrault are made with an obvious relish for the parts he thought too short. Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Green Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1892 · ★ 4.2 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Fairy tales gathered from the folklore of Russia, Germany, Italy, France, China, Scotland, and England. Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1904 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Thirty-two fairy tales from the folklore of Africa, Australia, Brazil, India, New Caledonia, and Persia. Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Orange Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1906 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A collection of fairy tales brought and translated from Rhodesia, Uganda, and Punjaub. Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Grey Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A collection of thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece, and France, and other parts of the world. Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories Alvin Schwartz · 1984 · ★ 4.4 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries. Shares: Tales, Folklore, Short Stories, Children's fiction

Buri and the Marrow Henriette Barkow · 2000 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate An old woman and her daughter foil the attempts of several hungry animals to eat her while journeying across the forest. Shares: Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 1905 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Japanese folktales are somewhat of a loaded term. In commonplace usage, it signifies a certain set of well-known classic tales, with a vague distinction of whether they fit the rigorous definition of folktale or not. The admixed imposters are literate written pieces, dating back to the Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries) or even earlier times in the Middle Ages. These would not normally… Shares: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Spiderwick Chronicles Tony DiTerlizzi · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate German-language description Jared und seine Geschwister Simon und Mallory haben in dem alten Haus, in dem sie seit kurzem wohnen, eine geheimnisvolle Entdeckung gemacht: Arthur Spiderwicks Handbuch der magischen Geschöpfe! Plötzlich eröffnet sich den Kindern eine Welt voller Magie und Zauberwesen – doch nicht alle sind ihnen freundlich gesonnnen. Urplötzlich heiklen Situationen und ungeahnten… Shares: Fairy Tales, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Book of Dragons Edith Nesbit · 1973 · ★ 3.9 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Eight madcap tales of unpredictable dragons — including one made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, and a fire-breathing monster that flies out of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team! Marvelous adventure and excitement for make-believers of all ages. Shares: Fairy Tales, Short Stories, Children's fiction

The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) Andrew Lang · 1901 · ★ 4.0 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, Romania, and Russia. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen · 2012 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen is a collection of classic stories that have inspired movies, animation, plays, ballets, and much more. Some of the most popular tales in this collection are The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor’s Clothes, The Philosopher’s Stone, and The Nightingale. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

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