So, those of you who are already listing chapter books

[conuly]

(And please feel free to spread the link to that entry around, I need help!)

...why not help me with something else and list me some fairy and folk tales. Not specific editions, per se (although if you have one that really rocks, that's awesome - and I'm openminded. If it merely seems like it could be traditional, such as The Apple-Pip Princess (black princess FTW!), or if it is based off of a traditional story, such as Bubba, The Cowboy Prince, I'm game), but just... stories themselves.

My nieces flatter me by saying I'm the best one to read books to them, they do, but I want to learn how to tell stories without having a book with me as well. And I also want to build up a supply of traditional stories in the bookcase, so I've got it both ways.

I suppose I could look up the Aarne-Thompson categories and mix and match to make up my own but... seriously, it's 1:44 here already. I don't know if this is an aspie thing or a me thing, but delving into an online (no mess!) pile of sorted and organized stories (and I've already told you all how I really like traditional stories and their variations as it is, oral tradition and how it changes is the underpinning of most of my interests)? I wouldn't get to bed until morning. TUESDAY morning, that is.

So, uh, no. Not today. (Maybe not ever. I know my limits. TVTropes is bad enough!)

No, no, no. A simple list of every fairy/folk tale our collective mind knows will suffice for now. I'm only going to list-list the traditional (old, that is) ones, but I'll keep recent books in mind if they're mentioned. Fables, too, those are good.

I have a real European bias - stories from other continents would be appreciated

Cinderella
Rapunzel
Hansel and Gretel (one of my favorites as a child)
Vassilisa the Beautiful
Rumpelstiltskin
Sleeping Beauty
The Stepmother/Ogress
Tattercoats
The Gingerbread Man (another favorite)
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
The Golden Goose
Beauty and the Beast
The Father, the Son, and the Donkey
Sour Grapes
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Sun and the Wind
The Brementown Musicians
Snow White
The Snow Queen
The Little Mermaid (not really a folk tale, considering it was written so recently, but eh)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The 12 Dancing Princesses
The Ugly Duckling
Stone Soup
The Teeny-Tiny Woman
Seven in One Blow
Jack and the Beanstalk

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Journey to the West, which is very long, and has multiple sub-stories, not all of which are appropriate for children.

A few here:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

Here is a searchable site for Lang's fairy books:
http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/index.htm

A very well-regarded site:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

Some modern feminist versions, sorted:
http://rosemarylake.com/#Note To Educators

[adiva_calandia]

. . . Andrew Lang index. *starry eyes*

I will still suggest the Lang books, because they're colorful and have nice illustrations and are classics, but having them online is pretty darn cool too.

[conuly]

Colorful? Is that a pun?

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Snow White and Rose Red
Baba Yaga stories

[conuly]

Oh yes those!

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

You might look for George Papashvily's Yes and No Stories, the Pantheon fairytale & folklore book series, and the Dover collections of Japanese and Chinese fairytales.

The girls might like Chinese Children's Favorite Stories by Mingmay Yip, and Fairytales of the Ancient Egyptians by good old E.A. Wallis Budge.

There are a lot of Jewish fairytales and legends that are in the Midrash and can be found on line.

[conuly]

Thank you :)

[diatryma.livejournal.com]

I had a big Arbuthnot Anthology of Children's Literature when I was younger, and while it was dated even then, it was useful.

Is East of the Sun the same as the Black Bull o' Norroway? Because I like that one. And the Little White Cat. Clever Manka wins hard, though I will confess I would tell the story differently and with more McKinley-style daily life. I like The Girl Who Liked Caterpillars, which I think came from Japan originally, via Cricket in my case.

[morganne13.livejournal.com]

Thumbalina
Puss In Boots
Frog Prince

Speaking as a somewhat Southerner...I grew up with Brer Rabbit in the Uncle Remus Stories...though they're not what I'd call "politically correct"... :-P

And there's other early American Myth- tall tales like Paul Bunyan and such...

The Headless Horseman

Also, for an African influence, stories about Anansi...

Plus, I remember reading a collected book of Aesop's fables as a kid....

And general Greek mythology....

Oh, and 1001 Arabian Nights...