Resources

Suggestions for further reading:

Fairy Tales

• Andersen, Hans Christian. The Hans Christian Andersen Center
• Ashliman, D.L. Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

About Fairy Tales

• Chesterton, G.K. "The Dragon's Grandmother"
• Chesterton, G.K. "The Red Angel"
• "This Isn't Disney's Snow White"
• Steindl-Rast, OSB, Brother David. "Paths of Obedience: Fairy Tales and the Monk's Way." Parabola. (1980).
• Willey, Petroc. "A Fairy Tale Hope." The Sower. 33.1 (2012).
• Windling, Terri. "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair"

How to Use Fairy Tales

• Guroian, Vigen. Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination. This book includes chapters on:
  • Pinocchio (Collodi)
  • The Velveteen Rabbit (Williams)
  • The Little Mermaid (Andersen)
  • The Wind in the Willows (Grahame)
  • Charlotte's Web (White)
  • Bambi (Salten)
  • The Snow Queen (Andersen)
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Lewis)
  • The Princess and the Goblin (MacDonald)
  • Prince Caspian (Lewis)
• Kalpakgian, Mitchell. The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature. Kalpakgian covers several of the Grimm fairy tales, the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, and ancient myths, as well as:
  • Little Men (Alcott)
  • The Secret Garden (Burnett)
  • The Wind in the Willows (Grahame)
  • Tom Brown's School Days (Hughes)
  • At the Back of the North Wind (MacDonald)
  • The Princess and the Goblin (MacDonald)
  • A Child's Garden of Verses (Stevenson)

Other Links:

• Holy Bible
• Catechism of the Catholic Church
• LibriVox: This site has podcasts of texts in the public domain, so audio versions of most traditional fairy tales may be found on their site.

With the exception of book jackets, all images on this site are in the public domain.