Favorite Fairy Tales for Children

This Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 60 pages, contains 11 favorite fairy tales, retold in language suitable for children.

CONTENTS

Cinderella
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Three Little Pigs
The Ugly Duckling

Sample passage:
Once upon a time a little boy and girl lived near a forest. They were brother and sister, and their names were Hansel and Gretel. Their father was good and kind, and loved them very much. But the mother loved no one but herself.
Now once, when times were hard, the father could not earn much money. So his family were often hungry. One night there was no supper at all. So Hansel and Gretel went to bed early. But they could not sleep because they were hungry.
By and by they heard their mother speak. She said: “Tomorrow let us take the children to the forest. We will leave them to find their way out alone. Perhaps they will never find the way. Then you and I can have their food.”
Then the father said: “No, I will not do this thing. If we lose the children, wild animals will kill them!”
“You are very foolish,” answered the mother. “If we keep the children, all of us must starve. There is not enough food for four. But if we lose the children, then you and I can live.”
The mother talked so long that at last the father thought she must be right. So he promised to help lose the children.

About the authors:
The brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were German folklorists who compiled an anthology of German fairy tales, which appeared in three volumes between 1812 and 1822. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author noted for his fairy tales. James Baldwin (1841–1925) was an American educator who went on to become a widely published textbook editor and children’s author, writing more than 50 books.