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Myths, fables and folk tales

Stories people told long before anyone wrote them down. 76 in the Reading Room.

Grades K-2

43 titles
Baba Yaga and the Little Girl with the Kind Heart Arthur Ransome (retold) Grades 2-5folk tale The Bremen Town-Musicians Brothers Grimm Grades K-3fairy tale Cinderella Charles Perrault Grades 1-4fairy tale The Elves and the Shoemaker Brothers Grimm Grades 1-4fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes Hans Christian Andersen Grades 2-5fairy tale Fables I: The Lion and the Mouse, and four more Aesop Grades K-2fable Fables II: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, and four more Aesop Grades K-2fable Fables III: The Goose and the Golden Egg, and four more Aesop Grades K-2fable Fables IV: Belling the Cat, and four more Aesop Grades 2-5fable Fables V: The Miller, His Son, and the Donkey, and four more Aesop Grades 2-5fable The Fisherman and His Wife Brothers Grimm Grades 2-5fairy tale The Foolish, Timid Rabbit Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable The Frog-Prince Brothers Grimm Grades 2-4fairy tale Hansel and Gretel Brothers Grimm Grades 2-5fairy tale Henny-Penny Traditional (Jacobs) Grades K-2folk tale How We Got the Name 'Spider Tales' W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (collected) Grades 2-5folk tale Indian fairy tales (set) Joseph Jacobs (collected) Grades 2-5folk tale Jack and the Beanstalk Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 1-4folk tale The Little Red Hen Traditional Grades K-2folk tale Little Red Riding Hood Charles Perrault Grades 1-3fairy tale Little Red-Cap Brothers Grimm Grades K-3fairy tale Momotaro, or the Story of the Son of a Peach Yei Theodora Ozaki (retold) Grades 1-4folk tale The Monkey and the Crocodile Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable The Pancake Traditional (Norway) Grades K-2folk tale The Princess and the Pea Hans Christian Andersen Grades K-3fairy tale Puss in Boots Charles Perrault Grades 1-4fairy tale The Quarrel of the Quails Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable Rapunzel Brothers Grimm Grades 2-5fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin Brothers Grimm Grades 2-5fairy tale The Selfish Giant Oscar Wilde Grades 2-6fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood Charles Perrault Grades 2-5fairy tale The Steadfast Tin Soldier Hans Christian Andersen Grades 2-5fairy tale The Story of the Three Bears Traditional (Jacobs) Grades K-2folk tale The Story of the Three Little Pigs Traditional (Jacobs) Grades K-2folk tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff Traditional (Norway) Grades K-2folk tale Thumbelina Hans Christian Andersen Grades 1-4fairy tale The Tongue-Cut Sparrow Yei Theodora Ozaki (retold) Grades 2-4folk tale The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen Grades K-4fairy tale The Valiant Little Tailor Brothers Grimm Grades 2-5fairy tale West African folk tales: Anansi and others (set) W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (collected) Grades 2-5folk tale Wigwam Evenings: Sioux folk tales (set I) Charles A. Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman Grades 2-5folk tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids Brothers Grimm Grades K-2fairy tale

Grades 3-5

30 titles
The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy Padraic Colum Grades 5-8myth Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Arabian Nights (Lang) Grades 4-7fairy tale Ashputtel Brothers Grimm Grades 3-6fairy tale The Badger and the Bear Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale The Children of Odin: Norse myths Padraic Colum Grades 5-8myth Chinese fairy tales (set I) Richard Wilhelm (collected) Grades 3-6folk tale Fables VI: The Dog in the Manger, and four more Aesop Grades 3-5fable The Fisherman and the Genie Arabian Nights (Lang) Grades 4-7fairy tale The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Arthur Ransome (retold) Grades 3-6folk tale The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde Grades 3-7fairy tale The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden Richard Wilhelm (collected) Grades 3-6folk tale Iktomi and the Coyote Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale Iktomi and the Ducks Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale Iktomi and the Muskrat Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale Jack the Giant-Killer Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 3-5folk tale The Little Match Girl Hans Christian Andersen Grades 3-6fairy tale The Mirror of Matsuyama Yei Theodora Ozaki (retold) Grades 3-6folk tale The Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen Grades 3-6fairy tale The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor Arabian Nights (Lang) Grades 5-8fairy tale Shen of the Sea (selected stories) Arthur Bowie Chrisman Grades 3-6folk tale The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen Grades 4-7fairy tale Snowdrop Brothers Grimm Grades 3-6fairy tale The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad Yei Theodora Ozaki (retold) Grades 3-6folk tale Tales from Silver Lands (selected stories) Charles J. Finger Grades 3-6folk tale The Toad and the Boy Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale The Tree-Bound Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses Brothers Grimm Grades 3-5fairy tale West African folk tales (set II) W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (collected) Grades 3-6folk tale Whittington and His Cat Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 3-5folk tale The Wild Swans Hans Christian Andersen Grades 3-6fairy tale

Grades 6-8

1 titles
The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde Grades 6-9fairy tale

Grades 9-12

2 titles
The Iliad Homer (Butler prose) Grades 10-12epic The Odyssey Homer (Butler prose) Grades 9-12epic