Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm assembled their nineteenth-century household tales from tellers and earlier written sources. Familiar titles such as Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin and the Frog Prince appear alongside less familiar stories.
Translations and editions can differ, especially in their endings. The story notes identify the telling followed here. Some retain cruelty, death or coercive marriage plots, and brief wording does not make every version suitable for children.
67 stories are in this collection right now.
Browse by region: Europe.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
A mother goat warns her seven kids of the wolf; he softens his voice and whitens his paws—yet the youngest, hidden in the clock, helps undo him.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Six Swans
A witch-queen turns six brothers into swans; their sister must sew starwort shirts in silence for six years—even when fire waits at the stake.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Little Red Riding Hood
A wolf swallows Red-Cap and her grandmother before a hunter rescues them; later, grandmother and child work together to outwit a second wolf.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
Ashputtel’s hazel tree and bird allies dress her for three balls; a golden slipper fits only her—while false sisters pay a bitter price.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Rapunzel
Given away through her father's bargain, Rapunzel grows up in a locked tower, plans an escape and later reunites with the prince through her familiar voice.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Bremen Town Musicians
An old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster set out to be town musicians; their midnight “concert” scares robbers from a cottage for good.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
Rumpelstiltskin
A miller’s boast traps his daughter in a room of straw; a strange little man spins gold—then claims her first child unless she learns his name.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Pied Piper of Hamelin | German Legend of Promises Broken (9-12+)
A piper in a red and yellow coat rids Hamelin of its rats, but when the mayor breaks his promise to pay, the piper plays a different tune.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Tom Thumb
No bigger than a thumb, Tom drives a cart from a horse's ear, slips through window bars, and rides home inside a hungry wolf.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The White Snake
A servant tastes a king’s secret white snake, understands animals, clears his name, and wins a princess with help from fishes, ants, and ravens.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Willow-Wren and the Bear
A bear mocks the willow-wren’s nest as a wretched palace; bird and beast armies clash—until a hornet under the fox’s tail ends the war.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Water of Life
Three princes seek the Water of Life for their dying father; only the youngest asks the dwarf kindly—and still faces his brothers' envy.