Fairy Tales

Sometimes you don't feel like reading a novel, so you read a fairy tale. They are usually short, sweet, and sometimes even clever.Most of the time these stories have illustrations. Some fairy tales are hundreds of years old or come from all around the world.

Two famous story makers were the Grimm brothers. Besides making stories they also collected stories all around their country, Germany. Some of their stories are "The Frog Prince" (Der Froschkönig), "Hansel and Gretel" (Hänsel und Gretel), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" (Rumpelstilzchen), "Sleeping Beauty" (Dornröschen ) and "Snow White" (Schneewittchen).

Their is also Hans Christian Anderson. He was a Danish writer. Some of his works include: The Ice Maiden,The Little Mermaid, , The Elf of the Rose, and The Ugly Duckling. To read these and other stories by Hans Christian Anderson go to http://hca.gilead.org.il/

I think it would be fun to illustrate one of these classic stories. Rapunzel would especially be fun to draw and paint. What would you illustrate and what fairy tale is your favorite?

Most importantly, whatever age you are you can never grow out of Fairy Tales, for they help make the world a little bit happier!