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Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm and Perrault have captured our imaginations with fantastic tales of fairies, witches, dragons, princesses and giants. Explore these tales and others like Māori pūrākau about Patupaiarehe. SCIS no.1807264

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Jigsaw puzzle - Cinderella image

Jigsaw puzzle - Cinderella image

Image of a Cinderella jigsaw puzzle.

‘A Fairy Tale’ poem by Katherine Mansfield.

Teaching card, cinderella

Teaching card, cinderella

Teaching card about Cinderella used to teach grammar and the composition of sentences.

New Zealand's biggest ballet ever hits the stage

New Zealand's biggest ballet ever hits the stage

The Royal New Zealand Ballet has showcased its biggest production yet - Sleeping Beauty - describing it as a 'beast of a ballet' meant for 64 dancers, but done with 32.

Jack and the beanstalk

Newspaper article about J.C Williamson’s Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime.

Rapunzel

Roger Wilson reading the Grimm version of the fairy tale.

Momotaro

Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirt...

A fairy tale printed in the Thames Star newspaper in 1890.

Japanese fairy tale

A fairy tale from Japan.

Golden Goose

Roger Wilson reading the Grimm version of the fairy tale.

The Sleeping Beauty ballet

The Sleeping Beauty ballet

Article about the New Zealand Ballet Company’s performance of Sleeping Beauty.

An Indian fairy tale

A fairy tale from India.

Programme, Beauty and the Beast

Programme, Beauty and the Beast

Programme for the Beauty and the Beast pantomime held in Napier in 1959.

A Kowhai fairy

Front cover and inside graphics of a story written by V. Deroles in 1925, and sent for copyright to the Patent and Copyright office. Archives New Zealand Reference: PC4 1960/1925

Patupaiarehe, tūrehu and other inhabitants

The following story was written by Hoani Nahe, a Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) elder of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He writes graphically of a people called the patupaiarehe and the tūrehu, who ...

Patupaiarehe,

In the misty mountain tops or deep in the forests lived the patupaiarehe – fairy-like beings who were seldom seen. They could lure people away from safety with the music of their flutes, and had ma...

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

Winifred O'Hara made this 'Little Red Riding Hood' cape in the 1950s for one of her two granddaughters, Shelley and Maureen. Each year Winnie came up with a theme, and made her grandchildren costum...

Hutu and Kawa

The fantasy world of the Hutu and Kawa books has an understanding of ecology and a strong conservationist ethos.

The Sisters (Ngā Tuāhine)

The Sisters (Ngā Tuāhine)

Anthology series Mataku featured Māori tales of the supernatural. In this episode Temuera Morrison introduces the story of sisters Nola and Naera, who are playing in the forest when Naera goes mis...

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

This is a programme cover for The Sleeping Beautyproduction held at the Theatre Royal in Christchurch in 1925. On the cover we see an image of the prince waking Sleeping Beauty. This is just one of...

Front Cover - Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori

Front Cover - Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori

Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori - [covers]

Newspaper report about the great master storyteller, Hans Christian Anderson.

The Egyptian cinderella

An Egyptian version of the fairy tale, Cinderella.

Larnach's Castle

Larnach's Castle

Most fairy tales take place in a far, far away land and feature a magnificent castle such as the one in the popular fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty. The Larnach Castle pictured here is located in Duned...

FaIry folk tales of the Māori

FaIry folk tales of the Māori

A digitised book of Māori related fairy tales.

Funeral of Hans Christian Anderson

Newspaper article about the funeral of Hans Christian Anderson.

Dress Rehearsals for New Zealand Ballet company production

Dress Rehearsals for New Zealand Ballet company production

This photograph was taken at the dress rehearsal for the New Zealand Dance Company production of Sawn Lake. This ballet, based on a German fairy tale was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 187...

The Mayor’s cinderella ball

The Mayor’s cinderella ball

Cinderella was originally written by Frenchman Charles Perrault.

Girl in fairy costume

Girl in fairy costume

Children of the mist

Children of the mist

Wellington City Ballet is shown performing Children of the mist in 1960. Based on a Māori legend, and choreographed by Leigh Brewer, the ballet follows a mortal, Ihenga, who falls in love with Maia...

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack gets himself into a humongous heap of trouble when he trades his cow for magic beans. What’s at the top? Trouble!

The Most beautiful illustrations from 200 Years of Brothers Grimm fairy tales

How artists have reinterpreted and reimagined Brothers Grimm fairy stories over the years.

Fables and fairy tales

A website dedicated to fables, and fairy tales. Includes stories by Hans Christian Anderson and Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

50 Digital fairy tale characters

We have put together a collection of digital character illustrations that are based on some very well-known fairy tales

Little Red Riding Hood - fixed fairy tales

Fixed fairy tales is an animated series that takes classic fairy tales and gives them a new twist.

This site provides lesson plans related to fairy tales.

Make a fairy tale book

How to make your own fairy tale book.

Fairy tale play scripts

Play scripts for a collection of popular fairy tales.

The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.

Animated video of The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.

World fairy tales

This site contains a range of fairy tales from around the world, includes audio.

A Theatre guide to Little Red Riding Hood

This website is dedicated to the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale and its different versions.

The Deamon, the woman and the bird

An African fairy tale from Senegal.

Beauty and the Beast

Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson performing the song Beauty and the Beast from the Disney film.

A selection of online folktales and fairy tales.

Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers say

Article about the origins of fairy tales.

The Imperial ice stars - Sleeping Beauty

Video of The Imperial Ice Star’s performance of Sleeping Beauty.

A Whole new world

A Whole New World song from the Disney film Aladdin.

Fairy tales for primary pupils

This learning resource from the National Library of Scotland has been created for primary school teachers to inspire creative writing, drama, storytelling, and art and design through the context of...

Art Matters podcast: the magic of fairy tales in art

Art Matters is the podcast that brings together popular culture and art history,

Four traditional fairy tales rewritten with a New Zealand flavour, from Radio New Zealand.

Grimm’s Fairy Tales

A Radio New Zealand collection of Grimm’s kind, cruel and occasionally shocking fairy tales read by Roger Wilson, along with a stunning collection of illustrations.

Exploring fairy tales

Exploring the wonders of fairy tales of old and contemporary reworkings as fractured and politically correct tales

Early women writers of fairy tales

Information about female fairy tales writers during the 17th century.

Women illustrators from the golden age of fairy tales

Profiles of several female illustrators of fairy tales.

Vilhelm Pedersen

Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen (1820-1859) was an illustrator of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.

Fairy tales and folktales

Articles, images, activities, videos and author and illustrator profiles from the British Museum collection, Discovering Children’s Books.

How 19th century fairy tales expressed anxieties about ecological devastation

Today Hans Christian Andersen is known for his agonised mermaids, disabled tin soldiers and disenfranchised match sellers, his Victorian readers celebrated tales that raised environmental concerns ...

Fairies, families and adventures, 1900s-1960s

The first New Zealand-authored fairy tales were written in the late 19th century, and the genre took off in the early 20th century.

Use this link to find Ready to Read, Junior Journal and School Journal stories from around the world on the theme of fairy tales, including audio recordings and Teacher Support Material.

Jigsaw puzzle - Snow White image

Jigsaw puzzle - Snow White image

This is a jigsaw puzzle for a young child. It is made from square blocks printed with six different children's fairy stories, including some of the most famous and enduring: Sleeping Beauty, Little...

Jigsaw puzzle - Sleeping Beauty image

Jigsaw puzzle - Sleeping Beauty image

This is a jigsaw puzzle for a young child. It is made from square blocks printed with six different children's fairy stories, including some of the most famous and enduring: Sleeping Beauty, Little...

Jigsaw puzzle - Puss in Boots image

Jigsaw puzzle - Puss in Boots image

This is a jigsaw puzzle for a young child. It is made from square blocks printed with six different children's fairy stories, including some of the most famous and enduring: Sleeping Beauty, Little...

Manaaki patupaiarehe sculptures, 2001

Manaaki patupaiarehe sculptures, 2001

The artist Dion Hitchens, of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou and Chinese descent, has sculpted representations of patupaiarehe, the fairies of the forest. He often uses ...

Jigsaw puzzle - Box lid

Jigsaw puzzle - Box lid

This is a jigsaw puzzle for a young child. It is made from square blocks printed with six different children's fairy stories, including some of the most famous and enduring: Sleeping Beauty, Little...

Fairy tales and folk tales

A collection of tales from around the world.

Who Was Hans Christian Andersen?

Hans Christian Andersen was the author of some of the most famous fairy tales of all time. Find out about the author and his stories.

EPIC: Britannica School.

Contains information about folk tales, fables and fairy tales. School login may be required.

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