I asked my book exchange match to send me the book they most loved as a child. Yesterday, I received a book (in excellent condition) called "American Fairy Tales" that was published in 1979. It's beautiful!

The book is filled with traditional Native American stories, stories from the Old West, and even some fun ghost stories (while flipping through, I came across that old story about the guy who drops off a beautiful hitchhiker only to discover that she was a ghost). All of the stories in the book are, as the title suggests, quintessentially American.

I LOVE folktales and fairy tales, especially those that I've not seen before. As I told my gifter, 398.2 is my favorite dewey decimal.

Thank you thank you thank you for this perfect book! I can't wait to devour it and share the stories with others. :)