Fairy Tales and Fables Resources

Fractured Fairy Tales


Illustrator: Eleanor Vere Boyle

Annotated
Beauty and the Beast

Fractured
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast
(Various versions from different countries.)

Beauty and the Beast
(Blue Fairy Book)

History of Beauty and the Beast


Illustrator: Edmund Dulac

Annotated Cinderella

Cinderella
(and related stories of persecuted heroines from different countries.)

Cinderella * 12
(Twelve versions dating from 1729-1912.)

Cinderella
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
(Blue Fairy Book)


Illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith

Annotated Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood
(Various versions from different countries.)

Little Red Riding Hood
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

Little Red Riding Hood
(Blue Fairy Book)

The True History of Little Golden Hood
(Red Fairy Book:
Andrew Lang)


Illustrator: Scott Gustafson

Annotated Frog King

Frog Kings
(Folktales about slimy suitors from different countries.)

Frog Prince (Il. Tenggren)

The Frog King,
or Iron Heinrich

(Comparison of the Grimm versions of 1812 and 1857.)


Illustrator: Scott Gustafson

Annotated Goldilocks
and the Three Bears

The Three Bears
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

The Story of Pretty Goldilocks
(Blue Fairy Book)

The Story of the Three Bears
(Adapted from Joseph Jacobs's English Fairy Tales.)


Illustrator: Scott Gustafson

Annotated Hansel and Gretel

Fractured
Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel
(Comparison of the Grimm versions of 1812 and 1857.)

Hansel and Gretel
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

Hansel and Grettel
(Blue Fairy Book:
Grimm Brothers)


Illustrator: Trish Pack

Annotated
Jack and the Beanstalk

Fractured
Jack and the Beanstalk


Jack and the Beanstalk
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

Jack and the Beanstalk
(Red Fairy Book)


Illustrator: Dorathee Duntre

Annotated
Emperor's New Clothes

Emperor's New Clothes
(and variations from Sri Lanka, Turkey, India, England.)

The Emperor's New Suit
(Hans Christian Andersen)

Story of the Emperor's New Clothes
(Yellow Fairy Book)


Illustrator: Alix Berenzy

Annotated Rapunzel

Rapunzel
(Comparison of the Grimm versions of 1812 and 1857.)

Rapunzel
(Red Fairy Book:
Grimm Brothers)


Illustrator: Paul O. Zelinsky

Annotated Rumpelstiltskin

Fractured
Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin
(and other stories where a mysterious helper is defeated
when the hero or heroine discovers his name.)

Rumpelstiltskin
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

Rumplestiltzkin
(Blue Fairy Book:
Grimm Brothers)


Illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith

Annotated Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty
in the Wood

(Blue Fairy Book)

Sleeping Beauty
(and similar stories from different countries.)


Illustrator: Warwick Goble

Annotated Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Snow White
(and related stories from different countries.)

Snow White Illustrations


Illustrator: Kay Nielsen

Annotated
Twelve Dancing Princesses


Illustrator: H.J. Ford

Annotated Golden Goose

Fractured
Golden Goose


Illustrator: Edmund Dulac

Annotated
Princess and the Pea

Fractured
Princess and the Pea

How to Tell a True Princess
(Use headphones or turn sound off.)

The Princess and the Pea
(Tales of the search for a perfect wife.)

Illustrator: Unknown

Annotated
Three Billy Goats Gruff

Illustrator: L.Leslie Brooke

Annotated
Three Little Pigs

Illustrator: Gustave Dore

Annotated
Puss in Boots

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers
(German and English versions)

 Sur La Lune Fairy Tales

 Old Time Fairy Tales

 Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories

Romanian Fairy Tales

New Fairy Tales Online by Rosemary Lake

 

Fables and Fairy Tales
(Featuring Aesop's Fables)

Folktales:
What Are They?

Aadizookaanag--
Traditional Stories, Legends and Myths

Korean Folktales

Mayan Folktales

 

Childrenstory.com  

Lesson Plans: Fairy Tales Around the World

 

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Links updated May 2008.
Send comments or questions to Judy Mitschelen.