Fairy Tale Websites

Complied by R. Justice

SLM521 09/2004

The following bibliography of websites is here to provide help to teachers and students exploring fairy tales and understanding fractured tales. It includes sites on the Grim Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson.

Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers - These are E-Text of Grimm’s Fairy Tales in English and German. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/grimm_menu.html

Grimm Brothers' Home Page - Grimm Brothers Home Page has information on the history and life of the Grimm Brothers. It also includes studies on specific tales. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html

Fairy Tale Road - list the places in Germany were the Grimm family lived and actual sites in Germany where the stories take place; for example Bremen Town has statue of the animals named from the story. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Germany/fairytaleroad.htm

Grimm’s Fairy Tales - An interactive site. You choose a sentence from a list and it will develop one of the Grimm fairy tales. It will read the story to you if you have Real Media or Windows Media. This site also includes Grimm Brother’s history and resources and links. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

Fairy Tales, Third Grade Unit - Lessons on What a Fairy Tale is- story elements and motifs etc. Developed by the Oak Park Elementary School. Its focus is the third grade curriculum. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.op97.org/instruct/IARTS/fairy/index.html

Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables with Jon Sceizka – Developed by Scholastic Inc. includes teacher lesson plans and the kids can write a fractured fairy tale with John Sceizka. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fairytales_home.htm

Cinderella Stories - List of all the Cinderella stories every found, including the fractured fairy tales. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/cinderella.html

Fractured Fairy Tales - List of Fractured Fairy Tales. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/fft.html

SurLaLune Fairy Tales -This not-for-profit educational site is full of wonder fairy tales. If also has a frequently asked questions about fairy tales and a guide for teachers and students. There are also 27 annotated fairy tales with definitions and history links. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By -This site contains tales from different countries. It includes multicultural lessons for teachers and free writing materials. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/

Candlelight Stories -This site has fairy tale lessons for teachers to copy and use in their classroom. You may also subscribe and receive audio MP3s of the fairy tales. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://www.candlelightstories.com/defaultnewMain.asp

Fractured Fairy Tales for Fourth Grade Language Arts - This lesson plan for teachers included task, process, resources and evaluation. Date visited 9/18/04.

http://schools.sd68.bc.ca/PARK/pabbies/fractured_fairytale_webquest/fairytalewebquest.html

Fairy Tale Unit - by Susan Stein has lessons and activities for teaching fairy tales. It includes many links to web sites on fairy tales and tales from other countries. Date visited 9/23/04.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/FairyTaleUnit.htm

Welcome to Anderson Fairy Tales -This site tells the history and life of Hans Christian Anderson. It has stories written by Anderson. The site will read the stories if you have Flash. Date visited 9/23/04.

http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main

Discovering Fairy Tales - has a history of fairy tales and a teacher’s guide for multiple grade levels. Developed by Scholastic Inc. Date visited 9/23/04.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fairytales_discovering.htm

Princess Bride: The “Better Parts” Version – A fictional task for a fictional story. Student’s are asked to review and decide which deleted scenes from the movie should be replaced and defend their decision. Date visited 9/25/04.

http://intergate.dcsd.k12.nv.us/cvms/cvms_staff/vandoren/WebQuests/Princess%20Bride/Princess_Bride_WebQuest.html

Not Just Another Cinderella Story – A second grade lesson in which the students are reporters for “Fairy Tale Times on an assignment to find out about all the different Cinderella fairy tales” from different countries. Date visited 9/25/04.

http://eprentice.sdsu.edu/J03OW/hatch/WQS

Fairy Tale Variants Booklist - Published by Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN. This is a list of fairy tales and their alternate versions. Date visited 9/25/04.

http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/fairytale.html

Fractured Fairy Tales and Alternate Versions of Our Favorite Stories – An “A to Z” list of the fairy tale with the alternate version listed under it. Date visited 9/25/04.

http://home.dayton.lib.oh.us/kids/folktales.html

Pathfinders for Kids: Fairy Tale Variants- Choose from 14 favorite fairy tales to look for other versions from around the world. Date visited 9/25/04.

http://infozone.imcpl.org/kids_path_talevariants.htm