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I used these resources when researching the annotations for this fairy tale. Most should be available through your local library, but I have included links to the titles on Amazon.com for further reading.

Altman, Anna E. and Gail de Vos. Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Ashliman, D. L.  A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.

Barnhart, C. L. The American College Dictionary. New York: Random House, 1960.

Bernheimer, Kate.  Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Women Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales.  New York: Anchor Books, 1998.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Bettelheim, Bruno.  The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.  New York: Vintage Books, 1975.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Biedermann, Hans. Dictionary of Symbolism. James Hulbert, translator. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1996.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

Bremen Tourism. "The Bremen Town Musicians". Bremen Information. No copyright. 31 Aug 2006. <http://www.bremen-tourism.de/english/k1-rubrik_unter.cfm?index=864>

Bremen Tourism. "The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen". Bremen Information. No copyright. 31 Aug 2006. <http://www.bremen-tourism.de/english/k1-rubrik_unter.cfm?index=1>

Cashdan, Sheldon. The Witch Must Die. New York: Basic, 1999.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Chevalier, Jean and Alain Gheerbrant. A Dictionary of Symbols, Second Edition. Translated by John Buchanan-Brown. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Comfort, David. The First Pet History of the World. New York: Fireside, 1994.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

de Vos, Gail and Anna E. Altmann. New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Einfield, Jann, ed. Fairy Tales. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.

Evans, Ivor. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994.

Internet Movie Database. URL: http://www.imdb.org. Accessed on July 8, 2004.

Leach, Maria.  Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore Mythology and Legend.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1949.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Murphy, Bruce, ed.  Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition.  New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.

The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1990 Edition.  New York: Lexicon Publications, 1990.

Olderr, Steven. Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1986.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.

The Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus. 2nd Ed. New York: Berkley Books, 2001.

Propp, Vladimir. Morphology of the Folktale. Austin: University of Texas, 1968.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Tater, Maria. The Annotated Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.

Tatar, Maria M., ed. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Tatar, Maria M. The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton: Princeton University, 1987.
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Thompson, Stith. The Folktale. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1946.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. "On Fairy Stories." Tree and Leaf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
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Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic. Little Rock: August House, 2000.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Zipes, Jack. Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1979.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Zipes, Jack. editor. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Zipes, Jack, ed. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University, 2000.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Zipes, Jack, ed. When Dreams Come True. London: Routledge, 1998.
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Tales, Then and Now by Altman and  de Vos

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