Cinderella Stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Book Lists for Kids: Folk & Fairy Tales
Use these lists to help you find books from our online catalog for your kids.
Many are familiar with traditional folk & fairy tales like Jack & the Beanstalk and Cinderella. Here you will find traditional versions of the well-known tales, as well as versions from other countries around the world and more modern retellings.
Versions of Popular Folk & Fairy Tales
Three Little Pigs Stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Gingerbread Man Stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Jack & the Beanstalk Stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Goldilocks Stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Little Red Riding Hood Stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Three Billy Goats Gruff stories
Traditional, international, and modernized versions
Sleeping Beauty Stories
Traditional and humorous retellings of the story
Tall Tales
Folktales with exaggerated, impossible events
Fables
Folktales, usually with animal characters, that illustrate life lessons
Pourquoi Tales
Folktales that explain the cause of things in nature or human society
Trickster Tales
Folktales in which an animal tricks other characters to gain advantage or escape danger
Folktale Friday
Folktales from around the world, retold by our children's staff