A Study of Fairy Tales

by Laura Fry Kready

CHAPTER VI

SOURCES OF MATERIAL FOR FAIRY TALES: A LIST OF FAIRY TALES, PICTURES, PICTURE-BOOKS, POEMS, AND BOOKS

Shall we permit our children, without scruple, to hear any fables composed by any authors indifferently, and so to receive into their minds opinions generally the reverse of those which, when they are grown to manhood, we shall think they ought to entertain?—PLATO, in The Republic.

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.

Norse Tales:

COCK AND HEN.
THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING.
THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL.
COCK, CUCKOO, AND BLACK COCK.
* DOLL I' THE GRASS.
1 GERTRUDE'S BIRD.
1 KATIE WOODENCLOAK (read).
1 THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND.
1 LORD PETER (read).
ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ABE ALWAYS PRETTIEST.
* THREE BILLY GOATS.
1 THUMBIKIN (read).
* WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED (pourquois).

English Tales, by Jacobs:

* THE CAT AND THE MOUSE. * HENNY PENNY. 1 THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB. * HOW JACK WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. 1 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. * JOHNNY CAKE. * LAZY JACK. * THE MAGPIE'S NEST. 1 MASTER OF ALL MASTERS. * M MIACCA. 1 M VINEGAR. * THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. * PUDDOCK, MOUSIE, AND RATTON. 1 SCRAPEFOOT. * THE STORY OF THREE BEARS. * THE STORY OF THREE LITTLE PIGS. * TEENY TINY. * TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE.

Modern Fairy Tales, by Andersen:

* THE FIR TREE.
* FIVE PEAS IN A POD.
1 THE HAPPY FAMILY (retold in Tales of Laughter).
LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS (read).
* OLE-LUK-OLE (read to end of Thursday).
THURSDAY, WEDDING OF A MOUSE.
* THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA.
* THE SNOW MAN.
1 THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER.
THE TOP AND THE BALL.
* THUMBELINA.
WHAT THE MOON SAW:
* LITTLE GIRL AND CHICKENS.
* THE NEW FROCK (realistic).
* LITTLE CHIMNEY SWEEP.
* BEAR WHO PLAYED "SOLDIERS."
* BREAD AND BUTTER.

Uncle Remus Tales, by Harris, in Nights with Uncle Remus:

* BRER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE TAR BABY.
* BROTHER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE GIRL.
* BROTHER RABBIT TAKES A WALK.
* BROTHER RABBIT TAKES SOME EXERCISE.
* CUTTA CORD-LA (similar to Wolf and Seven Kids).
* How BROTHER RABBIT BROKE UP A PARTY.
* How BROTHER RABBIT FRIGHTENS HIS NEIGHBORS.
* How M ROOSTER LOST HIS DINNER (read).
* IN SOME LADY'S GARDEN.
* M BENJAMIN RAM (Brother Rabbit's Riddle).
* THE MOON IN THE MILL-POND (pourquois).
* WHY BROTHER BEAK HAS NO TAIL (pourquois).
* WHY M DOG RUNS AFTER BROTHER RABBIT.
* WHY GUINEA FOWLS ARE SPECKLED (pourquois).

Uncle Remus Tales, by Harris, in Uncle Remus and the Little
Boy:

* BROTHER BILLY GOAT'S DINNER.
BROTHER FOX SMELLS SMOKE.
* BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER TIGER.
* BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER LION (similar to The Dog and His
Shadow).
* BROTHER MUD-TURTLE'S TRICKERY.
* BROTHER RABBIT'S MONEY MINT.
1 BROTHER WOLF SAYS GRACE.
1 THE FIRE TEST (Use with Three Pigs).
FUN AT THE FERRY.
* HEYO, HOUSE.
THE LITTLE RABBITS.
MRS. PARTRIDGE HAS A FIT.
WHY BROTHER FOX'S LEGS ARE BLACK.
* WHY THE HAWK CATCHES CHICKENS.

Tale, by Harris, in Little Mr. Thimblefinger:

* WHY BILLY-GOAT'S TAIL IS SHORT.

Miscellaneous Tales:

* THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE FIELD MOUSE, Stories to Tell,
Bryant.
* BETA AND THE LAME GIANT, Miss Harrison, In Storyland.
* BILLY BOBTAIL, Jane Hoxie, Kindergarten Stories; Child-Lore
Dramatic Reader, Scribners.
* BLUNDER AND THE WISHING GATE, Louise Chollet, in Child Life
in Prose, Whittier.
* THE BOY AND THE GOAT, OR THE GOAT IN THE TURNIP FIELD
(Norwegian), Primer, Free and Treadwell; Child-Lore
Dramatic Reader, Scribners.
* THE CAP THAT MOTHER MADE OR ANDER'S NEW CAP (Swedish),
Swedish Fairy Tales, McClurg; For the Story-Teller,
Bailey.
1 THE CAT AND THE PARROT OR THE GREEDY CAT, HOW to Tell
Stories, Bryant; Tales of Laughter, Wiggin and Smith.
1 THE CAT THAT WAITED, Classics in Dramatic Form, vol. I,
Stevenson.
* THE CAT, THE COCK, AND THE FOX, Tales of Laughter, Wiggin
and Smith.
1 CLYTIE, Nature Myths, Flora Cooke.
1 THE COCK, THE MOUSE, AND THE LITTLE RED HEN, Félicité
Lefèvre, Jacobs.
* THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE, Æsop's Fables, Joseph
Jacobs.
* DAME WIGGINS AND HER CATS, Mrs. Sharp, in Six Nursery
Classics, Heath.
* THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM, Jane Taylor, in In the Child's
World, Poulsson.
* THE DOLL WHO WAS SISTER TO A PRINCESS, THE TOY STORIES,
Carolyn Bailey, Kindergarten Review, Dec., 1914.
* DRAKESBILL, The Story-Teller's Book, O'Grady and Throop;
The Fairy Ring, Wiggin and Smith; Firelight Stories,
Bailey.
* THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD, Just-So Stories, Kipling.
1 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE, A Little Book of Profitable
Tales, Eugene Field.
1 THE FIVE LITTLE PIGS, Katherine Pyle, in Wide Awake Second
Reader, Little.
* THE FOOLISH TIMID RABBIT, Jataka Tales Retold, Babbit.
THE GOLDEN COCK, That's Why Stories, Bryce.
1 GOLDEN ROD AND ASTER, Nature Myths, Cooke.
THE GRAIN OF CORN (Old Woman and Her Pig), Tales of the
Punjab, Steel.
1 GREENCAP, Ruth Hays, in St. Nicholas, June, 1915.
1 HANS AND THE FOUR BIG GIANTS, Miss Harrison, In Storyland.
1 THE HEN THAT HATCHED DUCKS, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in Child
Life in Prose, Whittier.
* THE HOP-ABOUT-MAN, Agnes Herbertson, in The Story-Teller's
Book, O'Grady and Throop; in Little Folks' Magazine.
* THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, Six Nursery Classics, D.C.
Heath.
1 HOW BROTHER RABBIT FOOLED THE WHALE, Stories to Tell,
Bryant.
* HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP, Just-So Stories, Kipling.
1 HOW THE CHIPMUNK GOT THE STRIPES ON ITS BACK, Nature Myths,
Cooke.
* HOW DOUBLE DARLING'S OLD SHOES BECAME LADY SLIPPERS, Candace
Wheeler, in St. Nicholas, March, 1887; vol. 14, pp.
342-47.
* HOW FIRE WAS BROUGHT TO THE INDIANS, The Book of Nature
Myths, Holbrook.
* HOW SUN, MOON, AND WEST WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER, Old Deccan
Days, Frère.
1 THE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR, Stories to Tell, Bryant.
1 THE JACKALS AND THE LION, Stories to Tell, Bryant.
1 KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS, Nature Myths, Cooke.
* THE LAMBIKIN, Tales of the Punjab, Steel; Indian Tales,
Jacobs.
* LITTLE JACK ROLLAROUND, Stories to Tell, Bryant.
* THE LITTLE RABBIT WHO WANTED RED WINGS, For the
Story-Teller, Bailey.
* THE LITTLE RED HEN, Stories to Tell, Bryant.
* THE LITTLE RED HIN (Irish dialect verse), Stories to Tell,
Bryant.
* THE LITTLE ROOSTER, Robert Southey, in Boston Collection of
Kindergarten Stories, Hammett & Co.
* LITTLE SPIDER'S FIRST WEB, Primer, Free and Treadwell.
* LITTLE TOP-KNOT (Swedish), First Reader, Free and
Treadwell.
* LITTLE TUPPEN, Fairy Stories and Fables, Baldwin; Primer,
Free and Treadwell.
* LUDWIG AND MARLEEN, Jane Hoxie, in Kindergarten Review,
vol. xi, no. 5.
* MEDIO POLLITO, THE LITTLE HALF-CHICK (Spanish), The Green
Fairy Book, Lang.
* MEZUMI, THE BEAUTIFUL, OR THE RAT PRINCESS (Japanese),
Birch-Tree Fairy Book, Johnson; Tales of Laughter,
Wiggin and Smith.
1 M ELEPHANT AND M FROG, Firelight Stories, Bailey.
1 THE MOON'S SILVER CLOAK, Classics in Dramatic Form,
Stevenson, vol. i.
1 THE MOUSE AND THE SAUSAGE, Stories and Story-Telling,
Angela Keyes.
* OEYVIND AND MARIT, from The Happy Boy, Björnstjerne
Björnson, in The Story-Teller's Book, O'Grady and
Throop; in Child-Life in Prose, Whittier.
* PETER RABBIT, Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter.
1 THE PIGS AND THE GIANT, Pyle, in Child-Lore Dramatic
Reader, Scribners.
* THE QUICK-RUNNING SQUASH, Short Stories for Short People,
Aspinwall.
1 THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, Nature Myths, Cooke.
* THE RICH GOOSE, Leora Robinson, in The Outlook.
* THE ROBIN'S CHRISTMAS SONG, Birch-Tree Fairy Book,
Johnson.
* (WEE) ROBIN'S YULE SONG. Tales of Laughter, Wiggin and
Smith.
* THE SHEEP AND THE PIG (Scandinavian), For the Children's
Hour, Bailey.
* THE SPARROW AND THE CROW, Tales of the Punjab, Steel;
Birch-Tree Fairy Book, Johnson.
* THE STRAW OX, Cossack Fairy Tales, Bain.
* STORY OF THE MORNING-GLORY SEED, M. Eytinge, Boston
Kindergarten Stories.
1 THE TALE OF A BLACK CAT, Oak-Tree Fairy Book, Johnson.
1 TOMMY AND THE WISHING-STONE, a series, by T. Burgess, in St.
Nicholas, 1915.
1 TRAVELS OF A FOX, Oak-Tree Fairy Book, Johnson.
1 THE TURTLE WHO COULDN'T STOP TALKING, Jataka Tales Retold,
Babbit.
* THE UNHAPPY PINE TREE, Classic Stories, McMurry.
1 What Bunch And Joker Saw In The Moon, Wide Awake
Chatterbox, about 1887.
1 The White Cat, Fairy Tales, D'Aulnoy; Fairy Tales, Vol.
II, Lansing.
* Why The Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves, The Book
Of Nature Myths, Holbrook.
* Why The Juniper Has Berries, The Book Of Nature Myths,
Holbrook.

* Why The Morning Glory Climbs, How to Tell Stories, Bryant.

1 The Wish Bird, Classics In Dramatic Form, Vol. II, Stevenson.

II. Bibliography Of Fairy Tales

Baker, Franklin T.: Bibliography Of Children's Reading.
Introduction and lists. Teachers College, Columbia University.

Baker Taylor Company, The: Graded Guide to Supplementary
Reading. 1914.

Boston Public Library: Finding List of Fairy Tales.

Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh. List of Folk Tales. Bulletin,
Dec, 1913, Vol. 18, No. 10.

Ibid.: Illustrated Editions of Children's Books. 1915.

Harron, Julia; Bacon, Corinne; and Dana, John: American Library
Economy. Newark Free Library, Newark, New Jersey.

Haight, Rachel Webb: "Fairy Tales." Bulletin of Bibliography,
1912. Boston Book Co.

Hewins, Caroline: A.L.A. List. Books for Boys and Girls. Third
Edition, 1913. A.L.A. Pub. Board, Chicago.

Kready, Laura F.: "Picture-Books For Little Children."
Kindergarten Review, Sept., 1914.

Moulton, Alice O'Grady, and Literature Com. of I.K.U.: "Humorous
Stories for Children." Kindergarten Review, Dec, 1914.

Salisbury, G.E., and Beckwith, M.E.: Index to Short Stories.
St. Louis Public Library. Lists of Stories and Programs for
Story Hours. Give best versions.

Widdemer, Margaret: "A Bibliography of Books and Articles
Relating to Children's Reading. Part I, Children's Reading in
general. Part II, History of Children's Literature, etc. Part
III, Guidance of Children's Reading." Bulletin of
Bibliography, July, 1911, Oct., 1911, and Jan., 1912. Boston
Book Co.

III. A List of Picture-Books[13]

Beskow, Elsa: Hanschen im Blaubeerenwald. Stuttgart.

Brooke, Leslie: The Golden Goose Book. F. Warne.

Ibid.: The House in the Wood. F. Warne.

Ibid.: The Truth About Old King Cole. F. Warne.

Browning, Robert: The Pied Piper, Kate Greenaway, F. Warne;
Hope Dunlap, Rand; T. Butler Stoney, Dutton.

Caldecott, Randolph: Picture-Books:
2. The House that Jack Built. F. Warne.
3. Hey Diddle Diddle Book. F. Warne.

Coussens, P.W.: A Child's Book of Stories. Jessie W. Smith.
Duffield.

Crane, Walter: Picture-Books: Cinderella. John Lane. Mother Hubbard. John Lane. Red Riding Hood. John Lane. This Little Pig. John Lane.

Grimm, Jacob and William: Cruikshank Fairy Book. Cruikshank,
Putnam.

Ibid.: Das Deutsche Bilderbuch. Jos. Scholz.
1. Dörnroschen.
2. Aschenputtel.
7. Frau Holle.
10. Der Wolf und Sieben Geislein.

Ibid.: Liebe Märchen. 10, 11, 12. Jos. Scholz.

Ibid.: Cherry Blossom. Helen Stratton. Blackie and Sons.

Jerrold, Walter: The Big Book of Fairy Tales. Robinson.
Blackie.

Olfers, Sibylle: Windschen. J.F. Schreiber.

Ibid.: Wurzelkindern. J.F. Schreiber.

Sharp, Mrs.: Dame Wiggins of Lee. Introduction by Ruskin.
Kate Greenaway. George Allen.