[LM_NET] HIT: fairy tales and folklore

[cherjess <cherjess@INSIGHTBB.COM>]

Thank you to everyone who responded to this target asking about classic versions of 
folktales and fairytales to share with young children before they can appreciate 
the vast variety of fractured versions so easily available.  I feel a lot of 
children are missing out by not being more familiar with these classic tales in 
many areas of later life and literature.(Please forgive my ugly spelling error in 
the original post!)



I found a very nice version of Hansel and Gretel by Ruth Belov Gross, although 
long, my 2 1/2 year old sits through it and asks for it again the next day.

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***Paul Galdone!!!!!

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There are some very good folk tale Web sites, which I would recommend
going to because fairy tales are actually a type of folk tale (as are
tall tales, trickster, etc.).  Original folk tales must have begun as
stories which were told and not written (thus the oral tradition
aspect), so you need to use reputable sources/authors such as Perrault.

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I like *James Marshall's versions of all three of these tales.  The
illustrations are amusing, and downplay the scarier aspects of the
stories. 

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They are legion....let me suggest that you tell some of these tales from memory.
That is they way they were intended to be experienced...and even though you might 
find it daunting you will soon overcome that if you just give it a try.

Any of the old Galdone versions are easy to learn and tell....Pleasant deSpain also 
has easy to learn versions --
Or get an old Arbuthnot Anthology --- I use my mother's copy to refresh my memory 
when I am going to tell a tale.

Now as for beautiful versions....
Three pigs with the Moser illustrations or Weisner - that won Caldecott honors

Any of those illustrated by Trina Hyman - esp. little red riding hood

Pinkney's new Little Red Hen is nice -- but he doesn't use the old oral convention 
of saying the animals in the same order each time --- better always told alound 
than read.

Jim Aylesworth -- Goldielocks and the three bears -- any of his....

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock -- is great intro to African folk tales

I should stop -- as you can tell I love this genre!

Here are some great websites.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/fairytales.html

Here are some links I am currently using with some kids
http://westmeade.net/Library/westmeade_library_links_page.htm#Folk

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Every library should have a healthy collection of Paul Galdone's picture books 
(Three Pigs, Three bears, Three Kittens, etc).

LM-NETters will likely recommend Zelinsky for the more sophisticated tales, 
Rapunzel, Rumplestilskin, Hansel and Gretel

I was able to make great use of the annotated Grimm's Tales (The Great Illustrated 
Classics).   Several times I aloud from it because it was the only version I had in 
the library.  This handy little book often circulated.  These books actually read 
well. 

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I recommend Grimm's Fairy Tales, or the stories of Charles Perrault as
the "originals".

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My favorite version of the classic Cinderella is retold by Amy Ehrlich and 
illustrated by Susan Jeffers.  Paul Galdone has done many retellings of other 
classic fairy tales.

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I use the Paul Galdone versions of Three Little Pigs and Three Billy Goats
Gruff and then veer off from there.  Little Red Riding Hood I use the James
Marshall tale because the original which    I do have in my library ends
with Little Red getting eaten and that is it.   I do have many variations.
I also use the Paul Galdone Gingerbread Man book.  I don't really read too
much Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty because the originals are very wordy and
long.  The Marcia Brown book was used this year with teachers needing an
original Cinderella Tale.  I like the Paul Zelinsky version of
Rumplestiltskin.

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There's a (single volume) collection of Galdone versions that's probably quite 
suitable for what you want. It has lots of the "nursery" basics/classics like Three 
Little Pigs, etc. You can also get many of these in individual bindings by Galdone. 
I got my copies from Follett. It's been good to have the individual copies for the 
kids and the collected version for teachers, in my experience.


Thanks again,
Cheri Eastwood
Lexington, KY

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