I am looking for a children’s book that I used to read in the late 1980’s – early 1990’s that includes multiple short stories. I remember that there was a short story near the end of the book that involved fairies and the aurora borealis. There was a fairy for every color and one dark/black fairy that would try to story the colors. Every night the color fairies would form the aurora borealis and the dark fairy would try to stop them. The story ends by saying that this repeats every night. The main focus was on the aurora borealis. Unfortunately, this is all that I remember. I do remember that the illustrations were very colorful.
I appreciate any information you might have!
I don’t suppose you’re referring to the Fairy book series? They were anthologies that held all the girls in my classes captive in elementary school in the mid-late 80s. Compiled by Andrew Lang they’re surprisingly old, but there were many colors. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774571.The_Green_Fairy_Book?ac=1&from_search=true
Sadly, it’s not!!! It’s a single book with multiple short stories. This single story focused on the aurora borealis and the fairies. Thanks though!!
I’m also looking for this book! I can’t remember much more than the details you shared. I wish I could remember the name of the book!