Classic Fairytales

[curiousgeorgie]

What do you think are the most classic Fairytales for children?

I want to put together a basket of them as a present for my niece and am a bit stuck on what's a fairy tale, what's a Disney princess story & not getting them muddled, iyswim.

Thanks

Hansel & Gretal
Little Red Riding hood
Goldilocks and the three bears
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Jack and the Beanstalk
Rapunzel
Rumplestiltskin

Thanks! I'll order all those

Anyone else?

Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves/Dwarfs
Snow White and Rose Red

The Princess and the Pea
The Princess and the Frog

The little match girl

I think it depends on which telling you get. Don't forget that early versions of many fairy tales aren't at all child-friendly.

Chicken Licken.
The Musicians of Bremen.

The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Magic Porridge Pot
The Gingerbread Man

Dick Whittington
Puss In Boots
The Firebird
Peter and the Wolf
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen

The one about the giant Turnip, stuck in the ground?

Three Little Pigs.

Tom Thumb
Thumbelina

The Emperors new clothes/new suit
The Red Shoes
The Little Mermaid
The Ugly Duckling

Are all Hans Christian Anderson Anderson, that's me!

I think the best thing you can do is read the books first.

There are so many versions of the classics and some of them are poorly written and simply unbearable to read. Whereas others are well written and a joy for the reader/parent.

The best one we have is an Usborne collection of children's fairy tales. Others have gone in the recycling