Translated & Retold by W. E. Griffiths 
DUTCH FAIRY TALES FOR YOUNG FOLKS (English) – 21 Illustrated Children’s Stories 
21 illustrated fairy tales from Holland

In this volume you will find 21 illustrated children’s tales from the Netherlands. They start with The Entangled Mermaid and end with Why The Stork Loves Holland. These stories are all entertaining and well written and children of all ages would love to hear them.

If you should ever read one of these stories to your child, or grandchild, don’t be surprised that when you get to the end you feel a tug at your sleeve with a request for “’nuther one please.”



The complete list of stories in this volume are:

• The Entangled Mermaid


• The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese


• The Princess With Twenty Petticoats


• The Cat And The Cradle


• Prince Spin Head And Miss Snow White


• The Boar With The Golden Bristles


• The Ice King And His Wonderful Grandchild


• The Elves And Their Antics


• The Kabouters And The Bells


• The Woman With Three Hundred And Sixty-Six Children


• The Oni On His Travels


• The Legend Of The Wooden Shoe


• The Curly-Tailed Lion


• Brabo And The Giant


• The Farm That Ran Away And Came Back


• Santa Klaas And Black Pete


• The Goblins Turned To Stone


• The Mouldy Penny


• The Golden Helmet


• When Wheat Worked Woe

– and many more, most not heard in the English tongue  for many a year.



10% of the profit from the sale of this book is donated to charities by the Publisher.

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