Any list of fairy tales for little children must be selected from
those books which, as we have noted, contain the best collections of
folk-lore, and from books which contain tales that rank as classics.
An examination of the tales of Perrault, of Grimm, of Dasent, of
Andersen, of Jacobs, of Harris, and of miscellaneous tales, to see
what are suited to the little child, would result in the following
lists of tales. Those most worthy of study for the kindergarten are
marked with an asterisk and those suited to the first grade are marked
"1." No attempt has been made to mention all the varied sources of a
tale or its best version. The Boston Public Library issues a _Finding
List of Fairy Tales and Folk Stories_, which may be procured easily,
and the Carnegie Library at Pittsburg issues in its monthly bulletin
for December, 1913, vol. 18, no. 10, a _List of Folk-Tales_, and other
stories which may be dramatized. The Baker, Taylor Company, in 1914,
issued a _Graded Guide to Supplementary Reading_, which contains a
list of many of the best editions of folk and fairy tales suited to
primary grades. A list of school editions is included in this book.
But one cannot fail to be impressed with the general low literary
standard of many school editions of fairy tales when judged by the
standards here applied to the tales themselves.--
I. A List of Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Tales of Perrault:
* CINDERELLA.
1 LITTLE THUMB.
1 PUSS-IN BOOTS.
* RED RIDING HOOD.
1 SLEEPING BEAUTY.
1 THE THREE WISHES.
Tales of the Grimms:
1 BIRDIE AND LENA.
1 BRIAR ROSE.
* THE CAT AND THE MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP.
1 CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET.
1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE HILLS TO EAT NUTS.
2. THE VISIT TO M KORBES.
3. THE DEATH OF PARTLETT.
* CINDERELLA.
* THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER.
THE FOX AND THE GEESE.
1 THE HARE AND THE HEDGEHOG.
1 THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD.
* THE KING OF THE BIRDS.
1 LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER
1 THE LITTLE LAMB AND THE LITTLE FISH.
* LITTLE RED-CAP.
1 LITTLE SNOW WHITE.
1 LITTLE TWO-EYES.
MOTHER HOLLE.
1 THE NOSE.
1 SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED.
* THE SPARROW AND HIS FOUR CHILDREN.
STAR DOLLARS.
* THE SPIDER AND THE FLEA.
* THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN.
* THE TOWN MUSICIANS OF BREMEN.
THE WILLOW WREN AND THE BEAR.
* THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN KIDS.
* THE WONDERFUL PORRIDGE POT.
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