From scholarly research to online versions of fairy tales, including Cinderella and Grimm's Fairy Tales, there's something for everyone here.
Here are recommended children’s books of Irish folktales and fairy tales, children's books for St. Patrick's Day or any day you are looking for children's books of tales from Ireland that are excellent read-alouds, children's books that you and your children can enjoy together, as well as enjoyable reading for independent readers.
There'a a lot of interesting research being done on the different versions of many of the popular tales collected by the brothers Grimm.
There are so many versions of Cinderella that it is a good thing there are online and print resources to help us to keep track of them all.
This novel for 8-12 year olds is an odd and engrossing fairy tale. It has a lot in common with Grimm's fairy tales. Author Kate DiCamillo was awarded a Newbery Medal for the book.
Find out about Hans Christian Anderson and why have his fairy tales for children have gained worldwide popularity.
The year 2000 was the centennial year of the publication of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which has become a much loved classic.
Here are e-texts of more than two dozen Celtic fairy tales, from the About Classic Literature site.
Many of these collections of fairy tales recommended by the About.com Classic Literature Guide will appeal to the serious student of the genre.
Read the complete the three dozen fairy tales that make up Andrew Lang's "The Blue Fairy Book" online, on the About Classic Literature site.
Read 80+ Welsh fairy tales online on the About Classic Literature site. They are from "The Welsh Fairy Book" by W. Jenkyn Thomas, which was published in 1907.
In this book for adults, Catherine Orenstein explores the history of the fairy tale, from the French court, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Anderson, the brothers Grimm, Bruno Bettelheim, Italo Calvino, Gwen Strauss, and Anne Sexton.
An excellent resource from Russell Peck, a professor in the English Department at the University of Rochester.
A text and image archives drawn from the deGrummond Children's Literature Research collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Internet resources, reference books, articles, and a bibliography of children's books.
A chronology of the brothers' lives, information on their major publications, and links to articles, electronic texts, and studies of some of their stories.
An online version of Household Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt (1884), on the SurLaLune Fairy Tales site.
An interesting article from
National Geographic about Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
A chronology of Andersen's life and books plus online versions of many of his works.
Here are sixteen different versions of the classic tale, from the Project site at the University of Southern Mississippi where the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection is located.
Illustrated online versions of eight Russian fairy tales.
A scholarly approach to the story, which includes bibliographies, background information, and links to many different versions of the story, from a Rutgers University professor.
This is an excellent site, with the texts of fairy tales, illustrations, annotations and numerous other resources.
