Annual Reviews & Gift Guides
Most Beautiful Books of 2024 – A Holiday Gift Guide
A collection of the most beautiful books published in 2024, from children’s to non-fiction to fantasy. Find Christmas gifts or books for your own shelves.
Handmade Books
Tara Books: Affordable Handcrafted Treasures
Tara Books is an independent publishing house from India that has been captivating readers with their stunning handmade books since 1994. This article reviews a collection of these stunning yet affordable handcrafted treasures.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Folklore Treasuries
Guide to a charming collection of illustrated treasuries of natural folklore, charms and customs by Dee Dee Chainey and WIllow Winsham.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Nature’s Folklore
Folk art illustrated treasuries of natural folklore and wild wisdom from around the world.
Illustrated Bibliography
Wool of Bat
The Wool of Bat series focuses on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world. Authentic stories plus stunning artwork makes this series one to collect for mythology lovers.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Kew Gardens Folklore
The Kew Gardens’ magical folklore series explores the links between humans, plants and fungi through stories of wild places, otherworldly creatures and stories of supernatural mischief, all accompanied by beautiful vintage illustrations.
Myths & Legends
DK Ancient Myths
Enjoy contemporary retellings of ancient stories from Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology, paired with stunning art deco-style illustrations, in this series of ancient myths published by DK.
Decorative Bindings
Harrap’s Myths Series
George G. Harrap published a series of a dozen books called “The Myths Series” between 1907 and 1917. The covers are not uniform, but are all decorative and collectible. This illustrated article explores all the titles in the series.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Stunning Purnell Myths & Legends Series
A series of five myth, legend and folklore collections from the 1960s written by Roger Lancelyn Green and stunningly illustrated by talented twin artists Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Fairy Tales & Folklore
Myths, Legends, Folklore
Looking for some beautiful books on myths, legends and world folklore? This list includes all the best ones, both vintage and currently in print.