PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding Fairy Tales Old and New
A collection of digital resources for three different English Language Arts curriculum standards for grades 3-5 that address characters' traits and motivations in works of literature. They focus on modern retellings of old stories and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fairy Tales Collection
A collection of digital resources for three different English Language Arts curriculum standards for grades 3-5 that address characters' traits and motivations in works of literature. They focus on modern retellings of old stories and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer of Reading Collection
Get summer started on the right page with PBS LearningMedia's Summer of Reading collection! These videos, activities, and interactive games help to build vocabulary and reading comprehension while bringing storybook characters to life.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Lesson: Exploring Russian Folktales
Expand on your students' knowledge of storytelling with this lesson plan on Russian folktales. Provides several links to examples, assessment criteria, and a short list of other sources.
Sacred Text Archive
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by "Aunt Naomi"
This is the index page to the full text of a vivid collecton of Jewish folklore that entertains and teaches. This book, originally published in 1919, is based on tales from the Talmud and Midrash. While some of the themes are familiar...
Sacred Text Archive
Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
Indian Fairy Tales is a well-illustrated collection that includes a wonderful notes section giving source information, parallels to other stories and remarks by the author. Very valuable for upper level students of fairy tales.
Sacred Text Archive
More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
More tales from the Emerald Isle that include a great notes section detailing the source of the story, parallels to it and commentary by the author.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Fairy Tales
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, a book of stories for children.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Gretel
In this poem, a female fairy tale stereotype from the story "Hansel and Gretel" is examined within twelve stanzas.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables With Jon Scieszka
In this resource students will have an opportunity to learn about fractured fairy tales and fables with the help of Jon Scieszka. This site also features a writer's workshop where students can write their own fractured tale and publish...
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh:folk Links Folk:fairy Tale Site
This site offers links to folk tale and fairy tale sites. Students and teachers will benefit from this useful reference guide.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Elves and the Shoemaker [Pdf]
"The Elves and the Shoemaker" is a one page, fairy tale about elves who worked all night making shoes to help the poor shoemaker. The shoemaker and his wife made clothes for the elves to thank them. It is followed by constructed-response...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Turtle and the Ducks [Pdf]
"The Turtle and the Ducks" is a one page fairy tale/fable a turtle who wants to fly south with the ducks. They develop a plan, but the turtle will have to keep his mouth shut. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Fairy Tales (Gray)
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fairy Tales, a book of poems for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Fairy Tales (Altemus)
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fairy Tales, a book of poems for children.
University of Pittsburgh
Grimm Brothers' Home Page
Compiled by a retired German professor and folklorist, this site is an excellent resource for anyone seeking information about the Grimm Brothers. Contains a chronology for both brothers, a listing of their academic accomplishments, and...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Wild Swans and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Wild Swans and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen [1870], a collection of fairy tales and children's stories.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Lady Fox by Peter G. Thomson
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lady Fox by Peter G. Thomson (c1887), an illustrated fairytale.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley (1864), a fairy tale novel.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Our Favourite Nursery Tales by Alfred W. Cooper
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Our Favourite Nursery Tales by Alfred W. Cooper (1883), an illustrated book of fairy tales including Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Puss in Boots, Tom...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Dream Land by Charles Alfred Byrne
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Dream Land by Charles Alfred Byrne (1887), a book of fairy tales.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Ferryman's Boy, and Other Stories by Crona Temple
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Ferryman's Boy, and Other Stories by Crona Temple (1887), a collection of related children's stories.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Danish Fairy Tales and Legends
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Danish Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Christian Anderson, a book of children's fairy tales.