In a quote attributed to Albert Einstein; "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
Fairy Tales are defined as a story that includes supernatural characters like fairies, fairy godmothers, witches, trolls, ogres, giants or wizards. These supernatural characters often exhibit one of the following characteristics; an unpredictable nature, power to predict the future, control over humankind, and the ability to take on different forms. (The Children's Literature Dictionary by Latrobe.)
Here at Greece our Fairy Tales are shelved in children's non-fiction at it's call number j398.
Some Fairy Tales come from an oral tradition, like Cinderella and others are literary fairy tales which is an original creation from the author like Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm.
Some classic Fairy Tales include; Cinderella, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk.
Some literary fairy tales by The Brothers Grimm include; Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, The Bremen Town Musicians, Rumplestiltskin.
Hans Christen Andersen's Fairy tales include; The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Snow Queen.
Some children and parents expect Fairy Tales to be like the Disney movie version of the tale, when in reality the books are often a much darker tale. The author Cynthia Rylant has done versions of the fairy tales that look more like the Disney movie version. She has a version of Hansel and Gretel, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Walt Disney's Cinderella.
Cathy
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