Family Folktales

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Family Folktales: The Twelve Dancing Princesses Jul 18, 2018

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Reading The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Family Folktales: Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper Jul 04, 2018

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The classic story in what may be its most family-friendly form.

Family Folktales: The Cottager and His Cat Jun 20, 2018

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What will become of a poor lad who uses his last bit of money to buy a strange creature called a cat?

Family Folktales: Donkey Skin Jun 06, 2018

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When a king seeks to marry his adopted daughter, she makes her escape cloaked in a donkey skin. What will her future hold?

Family Folktales: To Your Good Health May 23, 2018

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Who will get what he wants: the stubborn shepherd, or the demanding king?

Family Folktales: The Enchanted Ring May 11, 2018

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When a young man is given an enchanted ring, it leads to prosperity. When the same ring is given to his wicked brother, what do you think will happen?

Family Folktales: The Master Maid May 02, 2018

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A king’s son becomes servant to a giant, and narrowly escapes with his life. But what will be his fate if he forgets the maid who helped him?

Family Folktales: East of the Sun and West of the Moon Apr 11, 2018

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After betraying her true love, a girl goes to great lengths to keep him from marrying a troll princess

Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess Jan 10, 2018

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The second story from Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess is a tale of a prince who loves himself so much that he cannot see his own defects.

The Bronze Ring Dec 13, 2017

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From Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, "The Bronze Ring" is a story of the forbidden love between a princess and the gardener's son.