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Felicia and the Pot of Pinks

From The Blue Fairy Book, collected by Andrew Lang

This fairy tale comes from The Blue Fairy Book, collected by Andrew Lang and first published in 1889. The original story is by Madame d'Aulnoy, a seventeenth-century French writer who helped create the literary fairy tale. Like many classic fairy tales, it explores themes of kindness rewarded, true identity revealed, and love overcoming enchantment. The story shows how gentleness and care for small things—a pot of flowers—can break powerful spells and restore what was lost. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised.

Band

Green · Independent readers, earlyTypical starting range: ages 9–11

Length

long · about 855 words in 6 sections · 3 pictures

Source

The Blue Fairy Book, Andrew Lang

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (10 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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