The Snow Queen – Seventh Story
Seventh Story – Of the Snow Queen’s Castle and What Happened There at last.
The Fir Tree
A grumpy impatient young fir tree, a Christmas tree in all its glory, and an ugly old fir-tree with only one story. A sad, sad tale of the life of a fir tree. The young fir […]
The Juniper Tree
The horrid tale of a mother possessed by evil, a dinner of death, and a beautiful singing bird. The Juniper Tree begins with a happy couple who want for a child. When the couple eventually do […]
The Robber Bridegroom
A pocket full of peas, the house of death, and a severed finger. The Robber Bridegroom is one of the Grimm Brothers’ darkest tales. It is the tale of the daughter of a miller who is […]
Thumbelina
A girl who grew in a tulip, an epic adventure of good and evil, and a flower fairy finale. This is Hans Christian Andersen‘s classic fairy tale ‘Thumbelina’. The story of a tiny girl who sleeps […]
The Ridiculous Wishes
The story of a foolish woodcutter, three wishes granted and a black pudding for a nose. The Ridiculous Wishes is one of Perrault’s lesser known tales. It is a humorous tale in which a sad woodcutter […]
The Four Clever Brothers
Four skilled brothers, a stolen princess and an angry dragon. The German tale of four brothers who set out to learn their crafts in the big wide world. When they return home as skilled men; a thief, […]
What Came of Picking Flowers
The King of the Birds, the King of the Fishes and a horrible monster that will never die ‘What Came of Picking Flowers’ is a Portuguese tale about a brave boy’s adventure to find his missing […]
The Tinder-box by Hans Christian Andersen
A bold soldier, a magic tinder-box and a dog with eyes as big as teacups This story tells the tale of a soldier who meets an ugly witch who asks for his help to retrieve her […]
The Slaying of the Tanuki
A tale of deceit and trickery for you this week. The Slaying of the Tanuki is a Japanese tale from Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book. We take you to a long, long time ago where a […]
The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
A five-headed giant, twelve brutal slayings and a laugh so loud the whole world heard it. This week we have a special treat. An Irish tale collected in Joseph Jacobs ‘Celtic Fairy Tales‘. Shee an Gannon […]
