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Welcome to the fairy tales page! Below you will find a list of magical and captivating bedtime stories for kids written by some of the best known fairy tale authors.
People have been telling each other stories about talking animals, magic, witches and giants, kings and heroes since ancient times. A very significant literature genre, fairy tales are present in all cultures around the world. In comparison to myths and legends, the time and place of occurrence in fairy tales are unknown.
Good and evil in fairy tales is usually clearly separated, often in the form of good and evil characters. The main themes in these stories usually include a hero, a conflict between good and evil, natural and supernatural forces. At the end, the good is rewarded and evil punished.
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Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
Snow White
The Snow Queen
The Ugly Duckling
Puss in Boots
The Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
The Little Mermaid
The Princess and the Pea
The Goose Girl
The red shoes
The Frog Prince
The Fairy
The naughty boy
Hansel and Grethel
The story of the youth. ..
Snow-White And Rose-Red
Blue Beard
The Valiant Little Tailor
Rumpelstiltskin
The emperor's new clothes
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Jack and the Beanstalk
Goldilocks and the Bears
The Juniper Tree
Little Thumb
Golden Goose
Authors & Books
Andrerw Lang
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 - 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Born in Selkirk, Lang was the oldest among eight siblings. After graduating, he began to publish his works, showing he was a gifted journalist, poet, and writer.
His books contain stories from around the world collected from various sources and translated mainly by his wife and other enthusiasts.
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The Blue Fairy Book
Notes: The first in a collection of twelve books gathered by Andrew Lang from various sources.
Published in 1889, the Blue Fairy Book contains 37 bedtime stories to read online.
Author: Various
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1889
Publisher: Langmans, Green, and Co., London; New York
1.The Bronze Ring
2.Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess
3.East of the Sun and West of the Moon
4.The Yellow Dwarf
5.Little Red Riding Hood
6.The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
7.Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
8.Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
9.The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn what Fear Was
10.Rumpelstiltzkin
11.Beauty and the Beast
12.The Master-Maid
13.Why the Sea is Salt
14.The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots
15.Felicia and the Pot of Pinks
16.The White Cat
17.The Water-Lily. The Gold-Spinners
18.The Terrible Head
19.The Story of Pretty Goldilocks
20.The History of Whittington
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The Wonderful Sheep
22.Little Thumb
23.The Forty Thieves
24.Hansel and Grettel
25.Snow-White and Rose-Red
26.The Goose-Girl
27.Toads and Diamonds
28.Prince Darling
29.Blue Beard
30.Trusty John
31.The Brave Little Tailor
32.A Voyage to Lilliput
33.The Princess on the Glass Hill
34.The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou
35.The History of Jack the Giant-Killer
36.The Black Bull of Norroway
37.The Red Etin
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The Green Fairy Book
Notes: The third book from Andrew Lang's collection was first published in 1892 and contains 42 stories.
Author
: Various
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1892
Publisher: Langmans, Green, and Co., London; New York
The Red Fairy Book
Notes: The second book from Andrew Lang's collection was first published in 1890 and contains 37 stories.
Author: Various
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1890
Publisher: Langmans, Green, and Co., London; New York
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm are probably the best known storytellers in the world. Many years have passed since the time Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm released their "Children's and household tales". The first edition and was very modest, both in appearance and capacity - there were only 83 stories, compared to the 200 we know today.
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Notes: Translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Contains 62 stories.
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Translator: Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes
Published: 1876
Publisher: R. Meek & Co., London
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1.Ashputtel
2.Briar Rose
3.Cat And Mouse In Partnership
4.
Cat-Skin
5.Clever Elsie
6.Clever Gretel
7.Clever Hans
8.Doctor Knowall
9.Frederick And Catherine
10.Fundefogel
11.Hans In Luck
12.Hansel And Gretel
13.Iron Hans
14.Jorinda And Jorindel
15.King Grisly-Beard
16.Lily And The Lion
17.Little Red-Cap ( Little Red Riding Hood )
18.Mother Holle
19.Old Sultan
20.Rapunzel
21.Rumpelstiltskin
22.Snowdrop
23.Snow-White And Rose-Red
24.Sweetheart Roland
25.The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet
26.The Blue Light
27.The Dog And The Sparrow
28.The Elves And The Shoemaker
29.The Fisherman And His Wife
30.The Four Clever Brothers
31.The Fox And The Cat
32.The Fox And The Horse
33.The Frog-Prince
34.The Golden Bird
35.The Golden Goose
36.The Goose-Girl
37.The Juniper-Tree
38.The King Of The Golden Mountain
39.
The Little Peasant
40.The Miser In The Bush
41.The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage
42.The Old Man And His Grandson
43.The Pink
44.The Queen Bee
45.The Raven
46.The Robber Bridegroom
47.The Salad
48.The Seven Ravens
49.The Story Of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was
50.The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean
51.The Three Languages
52.The Travelling Musicians
53.The Turnip
54.The Twelve Dancing Princesses
55.The Twelve Huntsmen
56.The Valiant Little Tailor
57.The Water Of Life
58.The Wedding Of Mrs Fox
59.The White Snake
60.The Willow-Wren And The Bear
61.The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids
62.Tom Thumb
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Notes: Translated by Margaret Hunt, this is the only book that contains the complete collection of the Brothers Grimms' Children's and Household Tales - 200 fairy tales and 10 legends.
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Published: 1884
Translator: Margaret Hunt
Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London
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Notes: This book contains 25 stories by the Brothers Grimm.
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Translator: Unknown
Published: 1922
Publisher: Cupples and Leon Company, New York
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Notes: This fairy tale collection contains 52 of the Grimms' tales.
This new Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Macmillan and Company in 1886.
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Translator: Lucy Crane
Published: 1963 (1886)
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York (Macmillan & Co, London)
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Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault was a French writer who lived in the second half of XVII century. He was one of the first writers in European literature who turned his eyes to folklore. Born in 1628 in a clerical bourgeois family, Perrault received legal education and had high royal office. In the second half of XVII century there was a dispute amidst French writers about the advantage of modern writers compared to the writers of antiquity. Charles Perrault played an important role in...
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Notes: The first edition of Perrault's famous collection of fairy stories.
Author: Charles Perrault
Translator: Charles Welsh
Published: 1901
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co., Boston; New York; Chicago
1.Cinderella, Or The Little Glass Slipper
2.The Sleeping Beauty In The Woods
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Little Thumb
4.The Master Cat, Or Puss In Boots
5.Riquet With The Tuft
6.Blue Beard
7.The Fairy
8.Little Red Riding-Hood
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen, born April 2, 1805 in Odense, was a Danish writer and poet. In his early days, Andersen wanted to become an opera singer. In 1819 he went to Copenhagen to pursuit that dream. His voice, however, was too weak and he was accepted as a dance student at the Royal Theater.
In the style of the German romantics Andersen did a lot of travelling - to find himself in the world and the world in himself. In 1840-41, after visiting Germany, Italy, Malta and Greece, he came to Istambul and returned home through the Black Sea and the Danube.
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Notes: "Andersen's fairy tales" contains 18 of H.C.Andersen's most notable fairy stories. This is not the original cover.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Translator: Unknown
Published: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
1.The emperor's new clothes
2.The swineherd
3.The real princess
4.The shoes of fortune
5.The fir tree
6.The snow queen
7.The leap-frog
8.The Elderbush
9.The bell
10.The old house
11.The happy family
12.The story of a mother
13.The falce collar
14.The shadow
15.The little match girl
16.The dream of little Tuk
17.The naughty boy
18.The red shoes
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Notes: This is the first of two volumes of Andersen's fairy tales edited by J. H. Stickney.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Editor: J. H. Stickney
Published: 1914
Publisher: Ginn and Company - Boston; New York; Chicago; London
Notes: This is the second volume of Andersen's stories edited by J.
H. Stickney.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Editor: J. H. Stickney
Published: 1915
Publisher: Ginn and Company - Boston; New York; Chicago; London
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Russian folk tales read online for free
Russian folk tales is one of the oldest forms of storytelling, which in the simplest and playful way tells children not only about the world around it, but also about the manifestations of both the best and the ugliest . General statistics tell us that Russian folk tales are of interest to children only up to school age, but it is these tales that we carry in our hearts and let us pass them on to our children in a slightly modified form. After all, it is impossible to forget about Masha and the Bear, the chicken Ryaba or the Gray Wolf, all these images help us learn and understand the reality around us. You can read Russian folk tales online and listen to audio tales for free on our website.
Russian everyday fairy tales are fairy tales that are filled with the realism of our everyday life.
And they are so close to life that when delving into these tales, be careful, because this line is so thin that your growing child will want to embody and experience some actions on himself or carry them out in real life.
Russian fairy tales is a world in which magic and the evil associated with it takes on very terrible outlines and burning shades. Fairy tales are the search and rescue of a girl, a city or the world placed on the shoulders of one hero. But it is the help of many minor characters that teaches us, who read these fairy tales, about mutual assistance to each other. Read and listen to folk tales online with us.
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Fairy tales for children to read online, the best works from children's authors
For you, we have collected the most famous and time-tested fairy tales for children. Here are Russian folk tales and author's stories that are definitely worth reading to a child.
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