Students should hear the stories in this unit rather than read them as the emphasis is on the drama inherent in the oral tradition, but for those students who enjoy reading or simply can’t get enough of this enchanted world, I recommend the following folk tale books. These books are colorful, interesting, well illustrated and at the reading level of the average middle school child. May these books be enjoyed by all!
Barth, Edna.
Cupid and Psyche
,
A Love Story
. New York Clarion Books, 1976.
Cole, Joanna.
Best-Loved Folk Tales of the World
. Garden City, N.Y. Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983.
Lang, Andrew.
The Fairy Books
(Blue, Red, Green etc.) New York: Dover Publications, 1965.
Lang, Andrew.
The Rainbow Fairy Book.
New York: Schocken Books, 1977.
Spero, James.
Rackham’s Fairy Tale Coloring Book
. New York: Dover Publications, 1979.
Rackham, Arthur.
Fairy Tales From Many Lands.
New York: The Viking Press, 1974.
Sendak, Maurice.
King Grisly-Beard
. Cedar Grove, N.J.: Rae Publishing Co., 1973.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.