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A STUDY OF FAIRY TALES

issued a Graded Guide to Supplementary Reading, which contains a list of many of the best editions of folk and fairy tales suited to primary grades. A list of school editions is included in this book. But one cannot fail to be impressed with the general low literary standard of many school editions of fairy tales when judged by the standards here applied to the tales themselves.

I. A LIST OF FAIRY TALES AND FOLK TALES
Tales of Perrault:
* Cinderella.
1 Little Thumb.
1 Puss-in-Boots.
* Red Riding Hood.
1 Sleeping Beauty.
1 The Three Wishes.
 
Tales of the Grimms:
1 Birdie and Lena.
1 Briar Rose.
* The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership.
1 Chanticleer and Partlet.
    1. How they Went to the Hills to Eat Nuts.
    2. The Visit to Mr. Korbes.
    3. The Death of Partlet.
* Cinderella.
* The Elves and the Shoemaker.
  The Fox and the Geese.
1 The Hare and the Hedgehog.
1 The House in the Wood.
* The King of the Birds.
1 Little Brother and Sister.
1 The Little Lamb and the Little Fish.
* Little Red-Cap.
1 Little Snow White.