Classics

Sub-headings:

Aesops Fables

Grimms Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

Resources in this category:

The Arabian Nights
http://lang.thefreelibrary.com/Arabian-Nights

Everyone’s heard of the famous tale 1001 Arabian Nights but how many of you have actually read any of these timeless stories? Read the first story "The Arabian Nights" to find out why the woman Scheherazade told them to the Sultan and then read a few of them for yourself!

Classic Children's Stories
http://childhoodreading.com/

Read classic children's stories and poems by authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Hans Christian Anderson with illustrations created especially for the stories by famous artists.

Fables, Fairy Tales, Stories, and Nursery Rhymes
http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/

In the mood for classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes? Here are stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland), Carlo Collodi (Pinocchio), and Mother Goose. Do you want to read some of the Aesop’s Fables? Link directly to those stories or let the Aesop’s Cube pick one out for you!

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/piper/

Read the full text of this favorite childrens' story.

Pure Gold: Fables and Fairy Tales
http://fairytales4u.com/

A wonderful treasure of stories (from 1909!) of those stories you know and others you don’t. There are beautiful and fun pictures that go along with these fairy tales, myths, and fables as well as special sections for Aesop Fables, nursery rhymes, and fun poems.