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      "Snow White" is a German fairy tale known across much of Europe, and is today one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms' Fairy Tales. It was titled in German: Sneewittchen (in modern orthography Schneewittchen), and numbered as Tale 53. The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854.

      The fairy tale features such elements as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the characters of the evil queen and the seven dwarfs, who were first given individual names in the Broadway play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912) and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Grimm story, which is commonly referred to as "Snow White", should not be confused with the story of "Snow White and Rose Red" (in German "Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot"), another fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.

      In the Aarne-Thompson folklore classification, tales of this kind are grouped together as type 709, Snow White. Others of this kind include "Bella Venezia", "Myrsina", "Nourie Hadig" and "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree". Read more . . . 

      The coloring pages below are based upon a very old European fairy tale version of "Snow White." I have redrawn them entirely for printing and coloring. Teachers and homeschoolers may print unlimited copies of these particular images for their classroom activities. The captions below describe the event in the story illustrated. Read the full version of the story here.

A Queen, Snow White's mother, sat at her palace window, which had an ebony black frame, stitching her husband's shirts.

"Take the child away into the forest. I will never look upon her again. You must kill her, and bring me her heart and tongue for a token." (said the evil stepmother to the huntsman)

"Oh, heavens! oh, heavens!" said they; "what a beauty she is!" and they were so much delighted that they would not awaken her, but left her to sleep, and the seventh Dwarf, in whose bed she was, slept with each of his fellows one hour, and so passed the night.

"What! are you afraid of it?" cried the old woman. "There, see—I will cut the apple in halves; do you eat the red cheeks, and I will eat the core." (The apple was so artfully made that the red cheeks alone were poisoned.)

Then they ordered a case to be made of glass. In this they could see the body on all sides, and the Dwarfs wrote her name with golden letters upon the glass, saying that she was a King's daughter.

Full of joy, the Prince answered, "You are safe with me." And he told to her what she had suffered, and how he would rather have her than any other for his wife, and he asked her to accompany him home to the castle of the King his father.

More Links to Snow White:

• The Annotated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, including variants from other countries
• 36 versions compared
• Text of "Little Snow-white" from "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm" on Project Gutenberg
• Audio reading at Candlelight Stories

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      Little Red Riding Hood, or Little Red Ridinghood, also known as Little Red Cap or simply Red Riding Hood, is a French and later European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The story was first published by Charles Perrault. Little Red Riding Hood is number 333 in the Aarne-Thompson classification system for folktales. Read more . . .

      The coloring pages below are based upon a very old European fairy tale version of "Little Red Riding Hood." I have redrawn and resized them for printing and coloring. Teachers and homeschoolers may print unlimited copies of these particular images for their classroom activities.

Little Red Riding Hood gives her mother hugs and kisses before starting her
 long journey through the woods to visit her elderly grandmother. See, her mother has
made up a basket of food for her to take.

Color this picture of Little Red Riding Hood walking through the woods.

Above is a coloring page of Little Red Riding Hood knocking at her
grandmother's cottage door.

Color this picture of Little Red Riding Hood asking the wolf, who is in
disguise, "Grandmother, what big eyes you have?"

More Excellent Links to Little Red Riding Hood:

• Little Red Riding Hood: Book and Movie Adaptations 
• The Future of Children's Books: Little Red Riding Hood
• Whatever Happened to the Big Bad Wolf?
• Illustrated Children's Books of Little Red Riding Hood
• Follow my "Fairy Tale Theme Board for Early Learning Centers"

       "Ms. Booksy puts her spin on the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale story, complete with a big bad wolf, a little old grandma, Twinkies, hot sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, and more! What story do you want to hear next? Let us know in the comments below! And subscribe so you'll never miss a Cool School class every Friday!" from coolschool

Teachers may print out this picture puzzle of Little Red Riding Hood.
Spin it around and try to find the Big Bad Wolf hiding somewhere in the woods.

"Cinderella" at Thrifty Scissors

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       Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, (French: Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre, Italian: Cenerentola, German: Aschenputtel) is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The oldest documented version comes from China, and the oldest European version from Italy. The most popular version was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697, and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales.

       Although both the story's title and the character's name change in different languages, in English-language folklore "Cinderella" is the archetypal name. The word "cinderella" has, by analogy, come to mean one whose attributes were unrecognized, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect. The still-popular story of "Cinderella" continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, and tropes to a wide variety of media. Read more . . .

       The coloring pages below are based upon a very old European fairy tale version of Cinderella called, "The Little Glass Slipper." I have redrawn and resized them for printing and coloring. Teachers and homeschoolers may print unlimited copies of these particular images for their classroom activities.

In this coloring page Cinderella's step-mother made her do all the hard work
of the house; scrub the floor, polish the grates, wait at the table,
and wash up the plates and dishes.

You can color the picture of the day, Cinderella's two step-sisters received an invitation
 to a ball that was to be given at the palace of the King, in honor of his son
 the Prince, who had just come of age. An invitation to this ball being a great honor,
the sisters were in high glee, and at once began making ready to appear there in
 grand style.

This coloring page shows that Cinderella soon dried her tears; and when her godmother said,
"Fetch me a pumpkin," she ran and got the largest she could find.

This coloring page shows that there was a great stir at the palace when the splendid carriage
was driven up, and Cinderella alighted. The Lord High Chamberlain himself escorted
 her to the ball-room, and introduced her to the Prince, who at once
claimed her hand for the next dance. Cinderella was in a whirl of delight,
and the hours flew all too fast.

Color Cinderella as she jumps up from her seat by the side of the Prince, rushes across
the room, and flies down stairs, at the stroke of midnight.

In this coloring page, the King's son decides he will marry the lady who is able to wear the glass slipper which was dropped
at the late ball at the royal palace.

This coloring page illustrates Cinderella consenting to become the prince's wife. Their wedding soon took place, the festivities attending it being the most splendid that had ever been seen in the kingdom.

More Cinderella Coloring Pages:

• Disney Junior's Cinderella coloring pages
• Cinderella coloring pages from fullcoloringpages.com

More "Cinderella Stories" Online:

• Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
• Cinderella" (Aschenputtel)
• Cinderella Ballet, Bolshoi Theater, 1960
• Judi Dench and Julie Andrews version of Cinderella made in 1957
• Lotte Reiniger's Cinderella from 1922
• "Cinderella" book reading
• Kelsey imagines that she is Cinderella (adorable)
• "Cinderella" Christmas Panto

Cinderella in Ads:

• No Sink Smog with Bab-O: Cinderella- 1952 cartoon commercial
• Hanes Pantyhose, 1980

Modern Versions of "Cinderella" movie trailers:

• "Ever After" starring Drew Barrymore
• Remake of Cinderella starring Whitney Houston
• "Elle: A Modern Day Cindrella Tale"
• "A Cinderella Story" starring Hillary Duff
• "Ella Enchanted" starring Anne Hathaway 
• Three Wishes For Cinderella 1973, (full film)

Cinderella Web Pages:

• Cinderella Around the World
• Project Gutenberg compilation, including original Cendrillon
• Photos and illustrations from early Cinderella stage versions, including one with Ellaline Terriss and one with Phyllis Dare
• Parallel German-English text of brothers Grimm's version in ParallelBook format
• Follow my Fairy Tale Theme Board for Early Learning Centers
• My favorite version of Cinderella from my childhood, "Three nuts or Three wishes  for Cinderella." Visit the fan site here.

Print and cut-out the mystery jigsaw to find out who is pictured.

The Elf and The Dormouse

By Oliver Herford

Under a toadstool crept a wee Elf,

Out of the rain, to shelter himself.

Under the toadstool sound asleep,

Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap.

Trembled the wee Elf, frightened, and yet

Fearing to fly away lest he get wet.

To the next shelter-maybe a mile!

Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile.

Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two.

Holding it over him, gayly he flew.

Soon he was safe home, dry as could be.

Soon woke the Dormouse-"Good gracious me!"

"Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented,

And that's how umbrellas first were invented.