Folk and Fairy tales

Myth, Legend, Folk and Fairy Tales
Dr. Noreen Doody
Select Bibliography
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Kingsland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Causeway. London: Franklin Watts (14 Jan 2010)
Fanelli, Sara (Author and Illustrator). Mythological Monsters of Ancient Greece.
Somerville: Candlewick (November 1, 2002)
Gebler, Carlo. The Bull Raid. London: Egmont Books, 2005.
Grimm, Jacob. The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm / translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas.
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Lally, Soinbhe. Favourite Irish Fairy Tales. Illustr. Finbarr O’Connor . Dublin:
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Sohami, Jessica. (Author, Illustrator) Mrs McCool and the Giant
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P.T.O.

Some books for your own interest
See The Big Guide to 1rish Children’s Book (p. 8) for Máire Kennedy’s essay as an
introduction to the topic.Dublin: O’Brien press, 2000.
Berresford Ellis, Peter. (Editor) The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends.
Robinson Publishing, Feb 2003.
Carter, Angela. The Bloody Chamber. London: Vintage, 1979.
Graham, “Echoes of Antiquity in the early Irish “Song of Amergin”.
http://www.authorsden.com/categories/article_top.asp?catid=54&id=53506
Lenihan, Eddie and Carolyn Eve Green. Meeting the Other Crowd. Los Angeles:
Tarcher, 2004.
Macalister, R. A. S.. Lebor Gabála Érenn: Book of the Taking of Ireland. vol. 4. ed.
and tr. By Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1941.
Wentz-Evans, W.Y. The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries. Classic Books, 2008.
Yeats, W.B. The Celtic Twilight. Evinity Publishing Inc; 1.0 edition, 2009.
Zipes, Jack. “Are fairy tales still useful to Children?”
http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2008/06/29/jack-zipes-fairy-tales/