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Folktales from Around the World

This sites feature on tales from cultures and folkpersons around the world.
http://darsie.ucdavis.edu/tales/
Tales of Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/Turkiye/proverbs.html
Turkish Proverbs and Folk Sayings

http://russianculture.about.com/msub9.htm?rf=dp&COB=home&TMog=12084977521534&Mint=64957313483034
Russian Culture: Folk and Fairy Tales

A LINK TO FABLES
An online library of Aesop's Fables with some on Real Audio so your child can listen. Also there are lesson plans and suggested morals.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

http://www.folkart.com/~latitude/folktale/folktale.htm
These stories were told to Fernando Peñalosa by don Pedro Miguel Say, a famous Q'anjob'al storyteller from San Miguel Acátan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, who now lives in Los Angeles, California, in the Koreatown area. Each month new folktales will be reprinted on the FolkArt & Craft Exchange

http://cube.ed3.akita-u.ac.jp/engdept/minwa/minwa-e.html
Japanese Folktales in Akita

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/traveltales.html
Folktales for Travelers. All people, black, white, brown, red, and yellow, are like each other when they tell stories.--Andrew Lang, preface to The Brown Fairy Book, 1904

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese%20Folktales.html
6 Chinese Folk and Fairy Tales

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/aztec/aztectg.html
Teacher CyberGuide: Aztec Folk Tales

http://www.storyfest.com/B_02_IrishStories.html
Irish Storytelling:Folktales & Legends Tellings by Robert Béla Wilhelm

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu004/index.html
Homepage of Korean Folktales Welcome to a homepage of selected folktales from Korea. These stories may be used as resource materials to learn more about Korean culture reflected in old stories and enhance multicultural understanding

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/mythlinks.html
Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas

http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/Students/herlan/GHANATALES.html
GHANAIAN FOLKTALES

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulafrican.htm
Africa Resources: Folktales, Biography, Poetry, Nonfiction

http://www.mibibook.com/catalog/spfolk.html
Spanish Books Folktales, Folklore & Legends

http://www.itn.is/~gunnsi/folk/folk.htm
Icelandic Folktales

http://www.destinationvietnam.com/aboutvn/culture/legends/legends_and_folktales.htm
Vietnamese Legends and Folktales

http://www.ets.ru/english/products/mm02.htm
PROVERBS OF THE RUSSIAN FOLK

http://www.geocities.org/Area51/Lair/2287/legend.html
Legends - ghost stories.

Marchen

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
Grimm's Fairy Tales - 209 Grimm's stories

http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/MarvelsHome/Marvels_Tales.html
Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy Tale Studies

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html
Grimm Brothers' Home Page compiled by D. L. Ashliman

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0402.html
Animal Brides Folktales of Aarne-Thompson Type 402 and Related Stories translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman

http://shoga.wwa.com/~callison/
Sources for the Analysis and Interpretation of Folk and Fairy Tales

http://faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu/~earendil/faerie/faerie.html
Fairy Tales

http://www.lochnet.com/49845/rec/arts/books/childrens/grimm.htm
The Brothers Grimm Tales
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Sites that Focus on Folklore

Three of my favorites:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folklinks.html
Folk and Fairy Tales

http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html
Massive site - Aside from the General, Gothic Horror, Early Fantasy, and Medieval sections, these links are organized by region and language group, with those groups which produced written accounts of their myths and legends earlier, generally appearing closer to the beginning. Same site without frames: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/mythold.html

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html
Aging and Death in Folklore By D. L. Ashliman

http://www.afsnet.org/
American Folklore Society

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3351/
The Faerie Encyclopedia

http://faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu/~earendil/faerie/faerie.html
Faeries

http://www.jcf.org/new/index.html
Joseph Campbell Foundation

http://www.jungindex.net/campbell/campbell.html
Joseph Campbell Biography

http://www.rain.org/~young/campbell.html
Joseph Campbell's Mythic Journey by Jonathan Young

http://www.netreach.net/people/nhojem/campbell.htm
Joseph Campbell - Related Links.

http://www.castlebooks.com/myth.htm
Joseph Campbell Mythology Resource Center

http://www.milfordnh.com/keepers/index.htm
Keepers of the Lore

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/campbell.htm
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, with Bill Moyers

http://www.hayhouse.com/audio/joseph.htm
The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell in conversation with Michael Toms

http://www.catawbavalley.com/users/k/kquille/thingstoc.htm
The Things That Some People Will Say. A collection of "old sayings," words, phrases and idioms common to "folk speech." ** Fantastic Site**

http://www.eduplace.com/search/frames/rdg_102.html
Tales and Legends

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/purple/voices/news.html
Lesson Plan for Bad News Travels Fast

http://urbanlegends.about.com/msubxmas.htm?rf=dp&COB=home&TMog=12084977521534&Mint=64957313483034
Urban Legends and Folklore: Christmas Lore

http://urbanlegends.about.com/msubanim.htm?rf=dp&COB=home&TMog=12084977521534&Mint=64957313483034
Urban Legends and Folklore: Animal Legends

http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~clandrum/folklore.html
Folklore comes in many different forms. One way to look at it is by category. There are three basic categories of
folklore: Oral Lore Social & Folk Custom (Customary Lore) Material Culture

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2294/myth.html
GypsyKnight's Folklore and Mythology Page Mythology, Folklore, Legends, Mysteries, And Fables

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/plus/myth.asp
Connections+ | Language Arts Folktales, Myths, and Legends Lesson Plans, Activities, Teachers' Guides, etc.:

http://www.tiac.net/users/write/ftales/ftales.html
Folktales Quiz

http://www.kar-ben.com/concept.html
Kar-Ben Folktales and Concept Books

http://homepages.together.net/~folktale/stories.html
Folktales 4U

http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us/~greentown/folktale.htm
Folktale and Storytelling Websites

http://www.oz.net/~davfilms/reviews.html
The history of the From the Brothers Grimm movie series, including its creation, its development over time, and the ongoing goals of its producer. . . Another related site: Why Folktales?? http://www.oz.net/~davfilms/neh.html

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/tradlit.htm
Traditional Literature: Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center's traditional literature page. You will find information on folktales, mythology and other forms of traditional literature here.

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/cain.html
Cain and Abel folktales based on the Old Testament fratricide

http://www.tellingtales.com/TellingTales,stories,storytelling,storytellers,myths,legends,folktales,fairytales,fables,epics,sagas.htm
Telling Tales Stories, Storytelling, Storytellers, Myths, Legends, Folktales, Fairytales, Fables, Epics, Sagas

http://www.studentactivities.com/folktalesdescription.htm
WHAT FOLKTALES AND LEGENDS TELL US ABOUT A PLACE

http://www.erols.com/kuzmack/bookshelf/folk.html
Folktales and Fairytales

http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/0998.html
WHY WEED FOLKTALES? Folktales are not in themselves likely to become obsolete. We weed folktales more often on the basis of how they are told.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/fft.html
Fractured Fairy tales are perfect for anyone who has ever enjoyed fairy tales

http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/
Folklore An Electronical Journal of Folklore Articles about shamanism, urban legends, ethnomusicology, pareomiology, popular calendar data and folk belief.

http://www.geocities.com/~tree-leaves/folklore/
Folklore, What is it? Tree Lore Faiery Lore Folk Journeys Folk Science Links

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3787/folklore/folklore.html
Folklore and Folk Ways

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/blue/tale/fairy.html
Fractured Fairy Tale Lesson Plan

http://www.gmi.edu/~jsinger/provrb03.htm
Proverbs: World Wide Wisdom

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/misc/saying.html
Saying about Old Folks

http://www.he.net/~steve/quotes.htm
Malaprops, Mangled Metaphors, etc. Wit and Folk Wisdom Wise Sayings Quotes

http://www.best.com/~swanson/creation/cstorymenu.html
Myths

http://www.thekids.com/kids/stories/
The Kids.com: Tales to Tell

http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/welcome001.html
The Moonlit Road

http://darsie.ucdavis.edu/tales/
Tales of Wonder

http://www.pibburns.com/mythfolk.htm
Mythology and Folklore

http://www.tellitagan.com/page2.htm
This is a commercial site. They offer retellings of traditional fairy tales with more "child friendly" themes.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/
The Library of Congress American Folklore Center

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Cinderella This section highlights currently published children's literature books that are retellings of famous fairy tales. Each book is linked to AMAZON.COM. By clicking on the book cover or the title of the book you can read reviews by Booklist, Kirkus, and Hornbook. Email me with suggestions of other books you would like to recommend to this collection.

Angkat : The Cambodian Cinderella
                     by Jewell Reinhart Coburn, Edmund Flotte (Illustrator)
                     Hardcover 1 Ed edition (March 1998)
                     Shen's Books; ISBN: 1885008090

Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella
                     by Tony Johnston, James Warhola (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (October 1998)
                     Putnam Pub Group Juv; ISBN: 0399230211

Cendrillon : A Caribbean Cinderella
                     by Daniel San Souci, J. Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), Charles centril Perrault, Robert D. San Souci
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     School & Library Binding - 40 pages (September 1998)
                     Simon & Schuster (Juv); ISBN: 068980668X

Cinderella/That Awful Cinderella : A Classic Tale (Point of View)
                     by Alvin Granowsky, Barbara Kiwak (Illustrator), Alvin Grawowsky, dav Griffin, Rhonda Childress
                     (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback - 48 pages 2 In 1 edition (May 1994)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811422046

Cinderella
                     by Barbara Karlin, James Marshall (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback 1 edition (April 1992)
                     Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap); ISBN: 0316483036

Cinderella
                     by Charles Perrault, Marcia Brown (Translator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     School & Library Binding (November 1971)
                     Atheneum; ISBN: 0684126761

Cinderella (Fay's Fairy Tales)
                     by William Wegman (Illustrator), Carole Kismaric, Marvin Heiferman
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 1 pages (April 1993)
                     Hyperion Press; ISBN: 1562823485

Cinderella Bigfoot (Happily Ever Laughter)
                     by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages (March 1997)
                     Cartwheel Books; ISBN: 0590898264

Cinderella's Rat
                     by Susan Meddaugh
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1997)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0395868335

The Egyptian Cinderella
                     by Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (February 1992)
                     Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0064432793

Fanny's Dream
by Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover 1 Ed edition (May 1996)
Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803714963

The Golden Sandal : A Middle Eastern Cinderella
                     by Rebecca Hickox, Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     School & Library Binding - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (March 1998)
                     Holiday House; ISBN: 0823413314

The Irish Cinderlad
                     by Shirley Climo, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover (June 1996)
                     Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0060243961

Jouanah : A Hmong Cinderella
                     by Jewell Reinhart Coburn, Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator), Tzexa C. Lee (Contributor)
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Library Binding - 32 pages (September 1996)
                     Shen's Books & Supplies; ISBN: 1885008015

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters : An African Tale
                     by John Steptoe, Clarita Kohen (Translator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (May 1987)
                     Lothrop Lee & Shepard; ISBN: 0688040454

   Prince Cinders
                     by Babette Cole
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (April 1997)
                     Putnam Pub Group; ISBN: 0698115546

Princess Smartypants
                     by Babette Cole
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages (April 1997)
                     Paper Star; ISBN: 0698115554

Smoky Mountain Rose : An Appalachian Cinderella
                     by Alan Schroeder, Charles Cendrillon Perrault, Brad Sneed (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (May 1997)
                     Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803717334

Sootface : An Ojibwa Cinderella Story
                     by Robert D. San Souci, Daniel San Souci (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (June 1997)
                     Bantam Books; ISBN: 044041363X

The Korean Cinderella
                     by Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback (February 1996)
                     HarperTrophy; ISBN: 00644339

The Turkey Girl : A Zuni Cinderella
                     by Penny Pollock, Ed Young (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (April 1996)
                     Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd); ISBN: 0316713147

The Way Meat Loves Salt : A Cinderella Tale from the Jewish Tradition
                     by Nina Jaffe, Louise August (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (September 1998)
                     Henry Holt & Company, Inc.; ISBN: 0805043845

Yeh-Shen : A Cinderella Story from China
                     by Ai-Ling Louie, Ed Young (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reissue edition (May 1996)
                     Paper Star; ISBN: 0698113888

Websites Featuring Cinderella:

http://www.shens.com/subjects/In+Search+of+Cinderella.htm
Shen's On-Line Book Store - One of the largest collections of Cinderella books.

http://WWW.Eduplace.com/tview/tviews/weber28.html
TeacherView: Cinder-Elly.

http://www.signwriting.org/cind00.html
Cinderella and other stories in American Sign Language.

http://www.lu.com/tip/samples/sample02.htm
Excerpt from: Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre by Anthony D. Fredericks • ISBN 1-56308-174-1 - The Really, Really, Really True Story of Cinderella

http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/tview/tviews/kosmoski3.html
TeacherView: Cinder Edna.

http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/tview/tviews/camarena4.html
TeacherView: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.

http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/tview/tviews/hagen31.html
TeacherView. Cinderella.

http://user1.stritch.edu/~randrews/cinderella/
Going On-Line with Cinderella.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/tatter.html
Tattercoats Lesson Plan.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/caprush.html
Cap o-Rushes Lesson Plan.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/twelve.html
The Twelve Months Lesson Plan.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/princess-gold.html
The Princess and the Golden Shoes

http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/cinderella/cinderella.html
Cinderella Project: University of Southern Mississippi

http://www.seanet.com/~eldrbarry/rabb/folk/folk.htm
Folk Tales on Eldrbarry's Home Page:

http://www.alltogethernow.org/docs/folktale.htm
FOLKTALES AND FAIRYTALES

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html
Online Children's Stories

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html
Cinderella - Aarne-Thompson folktale type 510A and related stories of persecuted heroines translated and/or edited by
D. L. Ashliman

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
                     by James Marshall
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (February 1998)
                     Puffin; ISBN: 0140563660

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Bears Should Share! (Another Point of View)
                     by Alvin Granowsky, Lyn Martin (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 48 pages (May 1996)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811466345

Just Right : A Twice upon a Time Tale : Goldilocks and the Three Bears
                      (Osmond, Alan. Twice upon a Time.)
                      by Alan Osmond, Leo Dunbar (Illustrator), Thomas Aarrestad (Illustrator), Alan Csmond, Suzanne
                      Osmond
                      Reading level: Ages 4-8
                      Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1998)
                      Ideals Childrens Books; ISBN: 1571021329

   Goldilocks and the Three Hares
                     by Heidi Petach
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 1 pages (October 1995)
                     Grosset & Dunlap; ISBN: 0399228284

Somebody and the Three Blairs (Orchard Paperbacks)
                     by Marilyn Tolhurst, Simone Abel (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback 1 edition (September 1994)
                     Orchard Books; ISBN: 0531070565

The Three Bears
                     by Paul Galdone (Editor)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (October 1985)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 089919401X

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Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel (Picture Puffins)
                     by James Marshall
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (September 1994)
                     Puffin; ISBN: 0140508368

Hanzel and Pretzel (Happily Ever Laughter)
                     by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages (March 1997)
                     Cartwheel Books; ISBN: 0590898272

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Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack and the Giant Killer

Jack and the Beanstalk
                     by Paul Galdone
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback (April 1982)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0899190855

Giants Have Feelings, Too/Jack and the Beanstalk (Another Point of View)
                     by Alvin, Dr. Grawowsky, Henry Buerchkholtz (Illustrator), Alvin Granowsky, Linda Graves
                     (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 48 pages (October 1996)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811466361

Jack and the Beanstalk
by John Howe (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (April 1998)
Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap); ISBN: 0316375624

Jack and the Beanstalk
                     by Steven Kellogg
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 48 pages Reprint edition (April 1997)
                     Mulberry Books; ISBN: 0688152813

Jack and the Beanstalk
by Richard Walker, Niamh Sharkey (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 40 pages (December 1999)
Barefoot Books; ISBN: 1902283139

Websites Featuring Jack and the Beanstalk:

http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/jack/jackhome.html
Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack and the Giant Killer

http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/jack/f.htm
THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT KILLER.

http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/jack/d.htm
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.NEW VERSION.

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
The Encyclopedia Mythica: An encyclopedia on folklore, mythology, and legend.

http://users.itsnet.com/~funcompany/fairy1.html
Fractured Fairy Tale: Capitalist Fairy Tales: Jack AND THE BEAN FUTURES

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Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood : A Newfangled Prairie Tale (Aladdin Picture Books)
                     by Lisa Campbell Ernst (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 40 pages Reprint edition (September 1998)
                     Aladdin Paperbacks; ISBN: 0689821913

Little Red Riding Hood
                     by Brothers Grimm, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator), Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Jacob W. Grimm,
                     Wilhelm K. Grimm
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     School & Library Binding 1st edition (April 1986)
                     Holiday House; ISBN: 0823404706

Little Red Riding Hood (Fay's Fairy Tales)
                     by William Wegman
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover (October 1993)
                     Hyperion Press; ISBN: 1562824163

   Lon Po Po : A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
                     by Ed Young (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (November 1989)
                     Philomel Books; ISBN: 0399216197

Websites Featuring Little Red Riding Hood
http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/lrrh/lrrhhome.htm
Little Red Riding Hood: University of Southern Mississippi

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales of Aarne-Thompson type 333 translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman

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Rapunzel

Petrosinella; A Neapolitan Rapunzel
by Diane Stanley

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages (December 1997)
Puffin Books; ISBN: 0140554912

Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
                     by Diane Stanley
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (May 1997)
                     William Morrow & Company; ISBN: 068814327X

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Sleeping Beauty http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html
Sleeping Beauty tales of Aarne-Thompson type 410 translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman

Snow White

Snow White/the Unfairest of Them All : A Classic Tale (Point of View)
                     by Alvin Granowsky, Rhonda Childress (Illustrator), Mike Krone (Illustrator), al Granoswsky
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback - 48 pages 2 In 1 edition (May 1994)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811422011

Snow White
                          by Susan Rowe (Illustrator)
                          Reading level: Ages 4-8
                          Hardcover (October 1995)
                          Dial Books; ISBN: 0803718691

Snow White & Rose Red
                     by Jacob Grimm (Editor), Wilhelm Grimm (Contributor), Gennady Spirin (Illustrator), jako Grimm
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages (October 1997)
                     Paper Star; ISBN: 0698115856

Schmoe White and the Seven Dorfs (Happily Ever Laughter)
                     by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages (March 1997)
                     Cartwheel Books; ISBN: 0590898248

Snow White in New York
                     by Fiona French
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (December 1990)
                     Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0192722107

Snow White : The Untold Story (Upside Down Tales)
                     by Catherine Heller, Karen Stolper (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover (February 1996)
                     Birch Lane Pr; ISBN: 1559723262

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The Gingerbread Boy

The Gingerbread Boy
                     by Scott Cook (Illustrator), T. Gates (Editor)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback (November 1996)
                     Dragonfly; ISBN: 0679880895

The Gingerbread Boy
                     by Richard Egielski
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages 1 edition (October 1997)
                     Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0060260300

The Gingerbread Boy
                     by Paul Galdone (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback (March 1983)
                     Clarion Books; ISBN: 0899191630

The Gingerbread Man
                     by Eric A. Kimmel, Megan Lloyd (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Rep edition (October 1994)
                     Holiday House; ISBN: 0823411370

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The Little Red Hen

The Little Red Hen
                     by Paul Galdone
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (March 1985)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0899193498

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The Shoe Maker and the Elves

The Bootmaker and the Elves
                     by Susan Lowell, Tom Curry (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1997)
                     Orchard Books; ISBN: 0531300447

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
                     by Paul Galdone
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback (September 1981)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0899190359

The Three Billy Goats Gruff/Just a Friendly Old Troll (Another Point of
                     View)
                     by Alvin Granowsky, Thomas Newbury (Illustrator), Michele Nidenoff (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 48 pages 2 In 1 edition (May 1996)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811466353

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The Three Little Pigs

The Fourth Little Pig
                     by Teresa Clesi, Teresa Celsi, Doug Cushman (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 23 pages Cs&booklet edition (May 1996)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811467406

Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark
                     by Donivee Laird
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover Reprint edition (September 1990)
                     Barnaby Books; ISBN: 0940350254

The Three Little Javelinas
                     by Susan Lowell, Jim Harris (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: All Ages
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1992)
                     Rising Moon; ISBN: 0873585429

The Three Little Pigs
                     by Paul Galdone
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (April 1984)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0899192750

The Three Little Pigs
                     by Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1997)
                     William Morrow & Company; ISBN: 0688087310

The Three Little Pigs : An Old Story
                     by Margot Zemach
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Rep edition (March 1991)
                     Sunburst; ISBN: 0374477175

The Three Little Pigs and the Fox : An Appalachian Tale (Aladdin Picture Books)
                     by William H. Hooks, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (March 1997)
                     Aladdin Paperbacks; ISBN: 068980962X

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
                     by Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (June 1997)
                     Aladdin Paperbacks; ISBN: 068981528X

Ziggy Piggy : And the Three Little Pigs
                     by Frank Asch
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 32 pages 1550 edition (September 1998)
                     Kids Can Pr; ISBN: 1550745158

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Resources for Folklore Studies

African-American Folktales : Stories from Black Traditions in the New World
                     (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
                     by Roger D. Abrahams (Editor)
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback - 352 pages (April 1999)
                     Pantheon Books; ISBN: 0375705392

American Fairy Tales : From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories
                     by Neil Philip (Editor), Michael McCurdy (Illustrator), Michael Philip (Compiler)
                     Reading level: All Ages
                     Library Binding - 160 pages (November 1996)
                     Hyperion Press; ISBN: 078682171X

American Folklore : An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of the
                     Humanities, Vol. 1551)
                     by Jan Harold Brunvand (Editor)
                     Paperback - 816 pages (October 1998)
                     Garland Pub; ISBN: 0815333501

And the Green Grass Grew All Around : Folk Poetry from Everyone
                     by Alvin Schwartz, Sue Truesdell (Illustrator), Susan G. Truesdell (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback - 208 pages (April 1999)
                     Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0064462145

The Choking Doberman : And Other 'New' Urban Legends
                     by Jan Harold Brunvand
                     Paperback (November 1986)
                     W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393303217

American Folk Tales and Songs, and Other Examples of English-American
                     Tradition As Preserved in the Appalachian Mountains and Elsewhere in the United by Richard Chase (Editor)
                     Paperback - 239 pages (June 1971)
                     Dover Pubns; ISBN: 0486226921

Grandfather Tales
                     by Richard Chase
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Hardcover (August 1973)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0395066921

The Jack Tales
                     by Richard Chase (Editor), Berkeley, Jr. Williams (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback - 201 pages 50th anniv edition (September 1993)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0395669510

Waking the World : Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine
                     by Allan B. Chinen, June Singer
                     Paperback - 280 pages (June 1997)
                     Putnam Pub Group (Paper); ISBN: 0874778638

Best Loved Folktales of the World
                     by Joanna Cole (Editor)
                     Paperback (September 1983)
                     Anchor; ISBN: 0385189494

101 American English Idioms : Understanding and Speaking English Like an
                     American
                     by Harry Collis, Mario Risso (Illustrator)
                     Paperback - 121 pages (September 1985)
                     Natl Textbook Co Trade; ISBN: 0844254460

101 American English Proverbs : Understanding Language and Culture
                     Through Commonly Used Sayings
                     by Harry Collis, Mario Risso (Illustrator)
                     Paperback - 126 pages (September 1991)
                     Passport Books; ISBN: 0844254126

101 American English Riddles : Understanding Language and Culture
                     Through Humor
                     Paperback (April 1995)
                     Natl Textbook Co Trade; ISBN: 0844256064

101 American Superstitions : Understanding Language and Culture Through
                     Popular Superstitions
                     by Harry Collis, Joe Kohl (Illustrator)
                     Paperback - 144 pages (November 1997)
                     NTC Publishing Group; ISBN: 0844255998

Fair Is Fair : World Folktales of Justice
                     by Sharon Creeden, Byron Taylor (Illustrator)
                     Paperback Reprint edition (June 1997)
                     August House Pub; ISBN: 0874834775

Wisdom Tales from Around the World : Fifty Gems of Story and Wisdom
                     from Such Diverse Traditions As Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist . . .
                     by Heather Forest
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback (October 1996)
                     August House Pub; ISBN: 0874834791

The Storyteller's Start-Up Book : Finding, Learning, Performing, and Using
                     Folktales : Including Twelve Tellable Tales
                     by Margaret Read MacDonald
                     Paperback - 215 pages (July 1993)
                     August House Pub; ISBN: 0874833051

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters : Heroines in Folktales from
                     Around the World
                     by Kathleen Ragan (Editor), Jane Yolen
                     Hardcover - 450 pages 1 Ed edition (May 1998)
                     W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393045986

Favorite Folktales from Around the World
                     by Jane Yolen (Editor)
                     Reading level: Ages 9-12
                     Paperback Rep edition (September 1988)
                     Pantheon Books; ISBN: 0394751884

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise Von Franz, Marie-Luise Von Introduction to the i Franz, Marie-Louise Von Franz, Kendra Crossen (Editor)

)

Paperback - 208 pages Revised edition (July 1996)
Shambhala Pubns; ISBN: 0877735263

The Uses of Enchantment : The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
by Bruno Bettelheim

Paperback - 352 pages Reissue edition (April 1989)
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679723935

Heavens Unearthed in Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
by Matt Kane, Joe Servello (Illustrator)

Hardcover - 308 pages 1 Ed edition (February 27, 1999)
Golden Egg Books; ISBN: 0966707613

The Witch Must Die : How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives
by Sheldon Cashdan

Hardcover - 288 pages 0 edition (July 1, 1999)
Basic Books; ISBN: 0465091482

When Dreams Come True : Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition
by Jack David Zipes

Paperback - 240 pages (December 1998)
Routledge; ISBN: 0415921511

Happily Ever After : Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry
by Jack David Zipes

Paperback - 144 pages (March 1997)
Routledge; ISBN: 0415918510

Spells of Enchantment : The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
by Jack Zipes (Editor)

Paperback Reprint edition (December 1992)
Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140127836

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