📚 4 Books mentioned in "Spend Some Time with Fairies | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW" of Stuff You Should Know

Well, I'm looking, yeah, yeah, 'Backyard Fairies' by Phoebe Wahl.

The host discusses the children's book series 'Backyard Fairies' by Phoebe Wahl, highlighting it as a delightful recommendation for children.

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Uh, also late in the 19th century, none other than William Butler Yeats published, I don't know if it was the first one but maybe one of the first big guidebooks almost about fairies. It was called Fairy and Folktales of the Irish Peasantry, uh published in 1888.

The hosts discuss that William Butler Yeats published a significant guidebook on fairies titled 'Fairy and Folktales of the Irish Peasantry', which was published in 1888 and is noted as one of the earliest works on the subject.

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Yeah, well you know what that reminds me of, Chuck, is do you remember that big coffee table gnome book from the 70s, like Garden Gnomes?

The host draws a comparison between W.B. Yeats' book on fairies and a well-known coffee table book about gnomes from the 70s, referred to as 'Garden Gnomes.'

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Um, of course, central to a lot of these stories were the Brothers Grimm, uh Jacob and Wilhelm, who we did I think a two-parter on the Grimm brothers, uh didn't we?

In this segment, podcast hosts Josh and Chuck discuss the Brothers Grimm, emphasizing their pivotal role in fairy tales. They recall having previously produced a two-part episode focused on the Grimm brothers.

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