Folk tales and fairy tales were stories passed down orally from grandparents to children long ago. They often featured good children overcoming problems and finding solutions. Authors like the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault later published many of these stories into books that became popular children's literature. They featured well-known characters like Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty who faced adversity but dreamed of better lives. Royal figures today look very different than the princes and princesses described in classic folk tales and fairy tales.
2. What is a folk
tale?
A folk tale is a short
story that grandparents
used to tell the
children long time ago.
3. Folk tales talk about good boys
and girls that suffer bad
experiences until they find the
solution to the big problems they
have.
4. Look! these are some
examples
Some people published these stories as
books for children and adults, for that
reason they are now very famous.
5. IMPORTANT AUTHORS
The Brothers
Grimm, Jakob and
Wilhelm were
German. They
published collections
of folk tales and
fairy tales in
Europe. They
become famous and
today millions of
persons read their
beautiful stories.
6. • Many of their
stories were
only for adults,
not for children,
so many experts
criticized them.
Soon, they
published a
collection of 50
stories for
children that
became really
popular.
7. • Charles Perrault
was a French
writer, he wrote
many interesting
stories you enjoy
now: Little Red
Ridding Hood,
Sleeping Beauty,
Puss in Boots,
Cinderella,
Bluebeard, etc.
8. • One of the most beautiful
versions of Cinderella was
written by Charles
Perrault. The tale was very
popular because Perrault
included the pumpkin, the
fairy-godmother and
Cinderella used glass
slippers.
9. Cinderella
shows
the story of
a beautiful,
respectful
girl.
10. This poor girl
had to clean
the house,
cook the
food, wash the
floors and do
all
the things her
step sisters
wanted.
11. She was
a dreamer.
She wanted
to be a
princess and
to have a
princess
life.