Beginning to Read-Fairy Tales and Folklore
14 total works
Easy-to-read text relates a tiny boy's adventures in a cow's mouth, a fish's belly, on the back of a mouse, and at a king's table.
When a boy can not retrieve his goats from a neighboring field, a rabbit, fox, wolf, and bee come to his aid. Only one of them is successful.
In Geppetto's hand a piece of wood that talks becomes a living mischievous marionette and eventually, after many trials and errors, a real boy.
Simple retelling of the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge. Includes related activities.
A runaway gingerbread boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone until he meets a fox. Includes reading activities.
Reading activities accompany this retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk."
A little girl meets a wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother. Includes reading activities.
Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the home of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep. Includes reading activities.