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 Four Clever Brothers
Four brothers master theft, stars, the bow, and magic sewing—then argue who rescued the princess, until the king pays each half a kingdom.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Fisherman and His Wife
A talking fish grants the fisherman's wife ever-greater wishes—cottage, castle, king, emperor, pope—until she asks to rule the sun and loses all.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 3-5
The Elves and the Shoemaker
A poor shoemaker finds shoes finished overnight by two naked elves—then thanks them with tiny clothes, and they dance away forever.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Dog and the Sparrow
A sparrow feeds a starving dog, then ruins the carter who ran him over—wine, horses, corn—until a hatchet meant for the bird kills the man.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Blue Light
A cast-off soldier steals a witch's never-dying blue light, summons a manikin with his pipe, and forces a hard king to yield kingdom and daughter.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Snowdrop
A jealous queen hunts Snowdrop with lace, comb, and apple; seven dwarfs guard her glass coffin until a stumble frees the poisoned bite.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Sweetheart Roland
A witch kills her own child by mistake; the stepdaughter flees with Roland, outwits pursuit by shape-shifting—and a wedding song restores his memory.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Snow-White and Rose-Red
Two kind sisters share their cottage with a winter bear, thrice rescue a spiteful dwarf—and learn their guest was a prince under a spell.
The Wedding of Mrs Fox: Second Story
After Mr Fox dies, his widow rejects a series of animal suitors until a young fox has the red stockings and pointed mouth she wants.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Mother Holle
A hardworking girl follows her spindle into Mother Holle's realm, earns a shower of gold—and her lazy sister comes home coated in pitch.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Old Sultan
Toothless Sultan fakes a rescue with a wolf's help, then stays loyal—winning a duel when a three-legged cat looks like a swordsman.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Lily and the Lion
Lily asks only for a rose in winter; her father steals one from a lion's garden—and she must follow her enchanted husband through seven years of wandering.