February 26: National Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Take time today to read, listen to, and retell your favorite fairy tales. We’ve collected dozens of familiar tales along with a few you probably haven’t heard before.
Sleeping Beauty
Listen to Sleeping Beauty on the Lit2Go website.
The Frog-Prince
Listen to The Frog-Prince on the Lit2Go website.
Hansel and Gretel
Listen to Hansel and Gretel on the Lit2Go website.
Snow-White and Rose-Bud
Listen to Snow-White and Rose-Bud on the Lit2Go website.
Rumpelstiltskin
Listen to Rumpelstiltskin on the Lit2Go website.
The Golden Goose
Listen to The Golden Goose on the Lit2Go website.
The Hare and the Hedgehog
Listen to The Hare and the Hedgehog on the Lit2Go website.
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
Listen to the Cat and Mouse in Partnership on the Lit2Go website.
The Goose-Girl
Listen to The Goose-Girl on the Lit2Go website.
The Willow-Wren and Bear
Listen to The Willow-Wren and Bear on the Lit2Go website.
One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes
Listen to One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes on the Lit2Go website.
Hans in Luck
Listen to Hans in Luck on the Lit2Go website.
The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
Listen to The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage on the Lit2Go website.
The Old Man and His Grandson
Listen to The Old Man and His Grandson on the Lit2Go website.
The Valiant Little Tailor
Listen to The Valiant Little Tailor on the Lit2Go website.
The Seven Ravens
Listen to The Seven Ravens on the Lit2Go website.
Briar Rose
Listen to Briar Rose on the Lit2Go website.
The King of the Golden Mountain
Listen to The King of the Golden Mountain on the Lit2Go website.
Hans in Luck
Listen to Hans in Luck on the Lit2Go website.
The fisherman and His Wife
Listen to The fisherman and His Wife on the Lit2Go website.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Listen to The Twelve Dancing Princesses on the Lit2Go website.
The Golden Bird
Listen to The Golden Bird on the Lit2Go website.
The White Snake
Listen to The White Snake on the Lit2Go website.
The Twelve Brothers
Listen to The Twelve Brothers on the Lit2Go website.
The Golden Goose
Listen to The Golden Goose on the Lit2Go website.
More Gramm's Fairy Tales
Listen to our collection of more than sixty Grimm’s Fairy Tales on the Lit2Go website.
More Jataka Tales
Listen to More Jataka Tales on the Lit2Go website.
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
Listen to our collection of more than thirty Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories on the Lit2Go website.
The History of Jack the Giant-Killer
Listen to The History of Jack the Giant-Killer on the Lit2Go website.
How the Dragon Was Tricked
Listen to How the Dragon Was Tricked on the Lit2Go website.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Listen to Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp on the Lit2Go website.
The Snake Prince
Listen to The Snake Prince on the Lit2Go website.
The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Satin Surgeon, The Silent Princess, and The Story of Zoulvisia are among the six stories in Andrew Lang’s Olive Fairy Book. Reading level: 3.4 Total word count: 31,884
The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Cannetella, A Fairy’s Bunder, and The Twin Brothers are among the 7 tales in Andrew Lang’s Grey Fairy Book. Reading level: 4.0 Total word count: 22,306
The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Cunning Shoemaker, The Snow-Man, and The Water of Life are among the 15 tales from Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book. Reading level: 4.0 Total word count: 32,382
The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Elf Maiden, Father Grumbler, and Kisa the Cat are among the 26 tales included in Andrew Lang’s Brown Fairy Book. Reading level: 6.6 Total word count: 78,259
The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Nightingale, The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son, and The Invisible Prince are among the 41 stories in Andrew Lang’s Yellow Fairy Book. Reading level: 6.8 Total word count: 97,676
The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret, How to Find Out a True Friend, and Niels and the Giants are among the 26 stories in Andrew Lang’s Crimson Fairy Book. Reading level: 6.8 Total word count: 104,593
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book includes Aladin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Black Bull of Norroway, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, The Red Etin, and The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou. Reading level: 7.6 Total word count: 23,286
The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy
The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy from the Lit2Go audiobook collection. This tale is about the heroic adventures of Kintaro. Duration: 14 minutes 42 seconds. Reading level: 5.5. Word count: 3,280.
The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child
The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child from the Lit2Go audiobook collection. A bamboo cutter finds a small, luminescent girl, and raises her as Princess Moonlight. She refuses all suitors, befriends the Emperor, and eventually returns to her rightful home, the Moon. Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds. Reading level: 8.6. Word count: 1,885.
My Lord Bag of Rice
My Lord Bag of Rice from the Lit2Go audiobook collection. A Japanese warrior defends the Dragon King by killing his enemy, the monster centipede. In gratitude the Dragon King gives the warrior several presents, including a bag of rice that never runs out, and he comes to be known as My Lord Bag of Rice. Duration: 11 minutes. Reading level: 8.1. Word count: 2,360.
The Ogre of Rashomon
The Ogre of Rashomon from the Lit2Go audiobook collection. A brave warrior fights an ogre, cutting off his arm. The ogre runs away, and the warrior keeps the arm as a prize. Later, the warrior’s old nurse appears at his door and pleads to see the arm. He lets her, and she grabs it, turning into the ogre. The ogre thus gets away with his arm, and is scared enough of the warrior that he never troubles the city again. Duration: 12 minutes. Reading level: 7.3. Word count: 2,319.
The Shinansha, Or the South Pointing Carriage
The Shinansha, Or the South Pointing Carriage from the Lit2Go audiobook collection. How the Emperor Kotei invented many useful things, defeated his enemy, and went to Heaven on the back of a Dragon. Duration: 6 minutes. Reading level: 7.5. Word count: 1,197.
The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa
The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa from the Lit2Go audiobook collection. A Chinese Empress quells an uprising and then has to mend the heavens and the pillars that hold up the sky. Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds. Reading level: 7.7. Word count: 3,118.
More Japanese Fairy Tales
This is a collection of Japanese fairy tales translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki based on a version written in Japanese by Sadanami Sanjin. According to Ozaki, “These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.” The collection includes 21 tales. Average reading level: 7.4. Total word count of collection: 66,255.