i bought a huge book of classic fairytales and love them all. some are a little different form the ones i grew up on too...but these are the original stories...and they are still a lot of fun. it's fun to talk about what difference we heard and which story we like best and why, etc. we read one every night at bedtime. it's got great illustrations too...it only cost $9 on clearance and borders. love it!
What are your favorite fairy tales?
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One Eye, Two Eyes, and Three Eyes! - but when my father used to tell it to me when I was little, he'd describe all the wonderful foods on the table - a real banquet as he described them - so I have especially fond memories of it.
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Lillian
For sources of Fairy Tales, I quite enjoy "A Treasury of Children's Literature" and find the stories in this volume to be very very close to the originals. It includes Fairy Tales, Fables and excerpts from more modern stories as well.
My favorite "catch all" book of fairy tales/folk tales (no illustrations though) is Best-Loved Folktales of the World edited by Joanna Cole
Also, for authentic "original stories" you can't beat Project Gutenberg for free sources that you can print off
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Andersen's Fairy Tales
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Firelight Fairy Book
And the Andrew Lang "Fairy Books" which can be found in this list
And finally, Aesop's Fables, here are a list of books
Do a search of "Folk Tales" and you get a bunch of other hits that are a bit off the beaten path but still very interesting. Of those my favorite is this one Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales...but warning the names are killer LOL!
Steph
My favorite "catch all" book of fairy tales/folk tales (no illustrations though) is Best-Loved Folktales of the World edited by Joanna Cole
Also, for authentic "original stories" you can't beat Project Gutenberg for free sources that you can print off
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Firelight Fairy Book
And the Andrew Lang "Fairy Books" which can be found in this list
And finally, Aesop's Fables, here are a list of books
Do a search of "Folk Tales" and you get a bunch of other hits that are a bit off the beaten path but still very interesting. Of those my favorite is this one Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales...but warning the names are killer LOL!
Steph
We like the Lang's fairy books that pp listed. I also bought the Childcraft encyclopedia, as the first book is a collection of fairy tales, stories, and poems. I purposely bought the version from the 70's so it would be the stories I remembered.
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