The most popular French folk tales books

Folk tales are the stories ordinary people told each other. Tricksters outwit the powerful, fools turn out wise, and animals talk their way out of trouble. Every culture has its own, passed down by word of mouth before anyone wrote them down. Collections come from all around the world. Only books in French are listed.

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Contes - Märchen
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Contes - Märchen

Jacob Grimm, Jakob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

1843 · 1990 edition

217 pages

Gruffalo
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Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

1998 · 2021 edition

32 pages

Five Chinese Brothers
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Five Chinese Brothers

Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese

1970 · 1965 edition

64 pages

Rip Van Winkle
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Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving

1970 · 2018 edition

74 pages

lonpopo
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lonpopo

1983 · 2011 edition

30 pages

Raiponce
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Raiponce

Jacob Grimm

1975 · 2016 edition

24 pages

Poucette
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Poucette

Hans Christian Andersen

1972 · 2022 edition

40 pages

L'Évangile de Loki
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L'Évangile de Loki

Joanne M. Harris, Джоанн Харрис

2014 · 2015 edition

398 pages

Magicologie
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Magicologie

Dugald A. Steer

2005 · 2006 edition

32 pages