University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Red Riding Hood: Picture Book by Harrison Weir
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Red Riding-Hood: Picture Book by Harrison Weir (1865), a collection of illustrated fairy tales and nursery rhymes including the following: "Little Red...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's book Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson (1888). This is a collection of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tales and stories.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Mother Kate and the Brownies by Sarah E. Heald
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Mother Kate and the Brownies by Sarah E. Heald (1888), an illustrated Christmas story fairy tale.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: New Fairy Tales From Brentano by Clemens Brentano
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book New Fairy Tales from Brentano by Clemens Brentano (1888). This book is a collection of five of Brentano's fairy tales translated into English by Kate Freiligrath...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Prince Little Boy & Tales of Fairy Land by S. Weir Mitchell
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Prince Little Boy & Other Tales of Fairy-land by S. Weir Mitchell (1888), an illustrated book of fairy tales and short stories.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Old Nursery Stories by Mc Loughlin Bros.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Old Nursery Stories by McLoughlin Bros.(1892), a collection of illustrated stories, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and poems.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Story of the Three Bears by Mc Loughlin Bros.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Story of the Three Bears by McLoughlin Bros. (1892), an illustrated story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Story of the Three Little Pigs by Mc Loughlin Bros.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Story of the Three Little Pigs by McLoughlin Bros. (1892), an illustrated story of "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale.
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Kidoons: The Real Princess (Or the Princess and the Pea)
An animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the "Real Princess" (or "The Princess and the Pea"). Website also contains coloring pages and games for children. Available in multiple languages.
Other
Australian Folklore: Definitions and Practices
This is a very scholarly document that discusses what folklore is, how it has been studied in Australia, and how Australian folklore differs from the traditions in other parts of the world.
Other
Aesop's Fables Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
This site provides links to 127 of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.
Other
Russian Fairy Tales
At this site choose between long version and a short version of these fairy tales translated from the Russian. Each one is illustrated. Be aware that there are advertisements on the page.
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Other
Teaching Heart: Fairy Tale Lessons & Ideas
Geared toward grades K-3--offers objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions and evaluations. Online lesson plans for introducing and teaching basic literary criticism skills.
Other
Gateway to the Classics: Czecholovak Fairy Tales
These tales from Eastern Europe are reproduced here in a very user-friendly environment that allows the student to customize the display to alter text size, background color and other variables.
Other
Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
Read these fairy tales at this student-friendly site. You can adjust the display to fit your own learning needs. See the actual cover and illustrations, and read the text in whatever size and font family you find most comfortable.
Carnegie Mellon University
Cm Univ.: "The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs"
This site from the Carnegie Mellon University provides the original text of the Grimm's fairytale, "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs," which was later retold by Natalie Babbitt.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to read, compare, and contrast different versions of fairy tales in order to explore age-appropriateness and formats of texts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Fairy Tale Autobiographies
Lesson which requires students to analyze fairy tales for literary elements such as characters, setting, conflict, and theme. Students work in groups and write about, edit, and illustrate their fairy tales.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
Contains plans for a lesson about folk and fairy tales that also teaches about the different sounds of the letter "g." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson as well as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Big Bad Wolf: Analyzing Point of View in Texts
In this lesson, students will research a fairy tale and analyze it based on the point of view. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: The "Real" Fairy Tales
This lesson plan was designed to help students develop their imagination and writing skills. Students will have an opportunity to rewrite their favorite fairy tales.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Hans Christian Andersen
This page provides you with biographical information on the life of Hans Christian Andersen.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales
In this lesson plan, students will consider The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. The stories entitled Vasillisa the Beautiful, Prince Ivan and the Grey...