Each annotated tale includes the tale with annotations, its history, a list of similar tales across cultures (many full text), a bibliography, an illustration gallery, a book gallery and a list of modern interpretations.

An alphabetical list of all 47 annotated tales appears to the right. A list of tales sorted by author and country of origin appears below. While these are the only annotated tales on the site, over 1,500 more tales appear in the collections available on the eBooks page.

Charles Perrault
(1628-1703)
France

Bluebeard

Cinderella

Diamonds and Toads

Donkeyskin

Hop o’ My Thumb

Little Red Riding Hood

Puss In Boots

Sleeping Beauty

Madame Gabrielle de Villeneuve
and
Madame Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont
(France)

Beauty and the Beast

Jacob Grimm
(1785-1863)
and
Wilhelm Grimm
(1786-1859)
Germany

Bearskin

The Brave Little Tailor

The Bremen Town
Musicians

Brother and Sister

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Fisherman and His Wife

The Frog King, or Iron Henry

The Girl Without Hands

Godfather Death

Golden Goose

The Goose Girl

Hansel and Gretel

King Thrushbeard

Maid Maleen

Rapunzel

Rumpelstiltskin

Six Swans

Snow White and Rose Red

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Hans Christian Andersen
(1805-1875)
Denmark

The Emperor's New Clothes

Little Match Girl

Little Mermaid

The Nightingale *

Princess and the Pea

Red Shoes *

Snow Queen *

The Steadfast Tin Soldier *

Thumbelina

The Tinderbox *

The Ugly Duckling

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
(1812-1885)
and
Jørgen Moe
(1813-1882)
Norway

East of the Sun and
West of the Moon

The Gingerbread Man

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Alexander Afanasyev
(1826–1871)
Russia

Baba Yaga *

The Firebird *

Joseph Jacobs
(1854-1916)
Great Britain

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Jack and the Beanstalk

Swan Maiden *

The Three Little Pigs

* Denotes Under Construction