So these stories have good imagery, but they feel a bit flat; the children are all obedient and learn perfect moral lessons and/or discover the Secret of Turning Flax into Linen, which is fine if that's what you want out of a fairy tale, but I could only handle a finite number of such stories and gave up less than half-way through.
Stories included are:
The Entangled Mermaid
The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese
The Princess with Twenty Petticoats
The Cat and the Cradle
Prince Spin 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
Why the Stork Loves HollandGet more detail about Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks.
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