“Little Daylight” is a fairy tale that is included as a story within a story in At the Back of the North Wind, published in 1871. It has subsequently been published as an independent tale, and in collections of his other fairy tales.

“Little Daylight” appears in the following stories/collections:

At the Back of the North Wind
The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
The Gifts of the Child Christ
The Complete Fairy Tales

(Source: Wikipedia)

Recommended Editions and Adaptations

Little Daylight: A Fairy Story, a stand-alone edition illustrated by Erick Ingraham

Articles about Little Daylight

Various Sources

‘A Sort of a Fairy Tale': Narrative and Genre in George MacDonald's Little Daylight, by Rachel E. Johnson

NORTH WIND ARCHIVE

The home page of the North Wind Archive can be accessed here.

Maturation and Education in George MacDonald’s Fairy Tales, by Dieter Petzold