2. FAIRY TALE DEFINITION  A story with magical creatures  Usually begins with “Once upon a time…”  Good vs. evil  Most fairy tales include the magical numbers 3 and 7  Good stories for children  End with “…happily ever after”

3. TYPES OF CHARACTERS  Royalty (prince, princess, king, queen, …)  Pixies (tiny)  Fairies (have wings)  Fairy Godmother  Witch (good/bad)  Wolves  Goblins  Talking Animals  Elves

4. SETTINGS PLACES  Forests  Castles/tower  Gardens  Workshop  Kingdom  Cottage  Gingerbread House TIME  12:00 Midnight  Long, long ago  Once upon a time…

5. THE GRIMM BROTHERS  Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) Grimm  Born in Hanau, Germany  Family of eight boys and only one girl  Went to University of Marburg to learn law  Collected stories from townspeople and put them into a book

6. THE GRIMM BROTHERS  Popular Fairy Tales include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Hansel and Gretel Rapunzel The Shoemaker and the Elves

7. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN  Born in Denmark in 1805  Father died when he was only 11  Worked in a cigarette factory, as an apprentice for a weaver and a tailor, as an actor, singer and dancer, and author and poet  The first play he wrote was “Love in St. Nicolai Church Tower”  Wrote 156 fairy tales

8. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN  Popular Fairy Tales: Thumbelina The Little Mermaid The Emperor’s New Clothes The Ugly Duckling The Real Princess

9. CHARLES PERRAULT  Born in Paris, France in 1628  Published “Histoires or Tales of Past Times with Morals”  A sign reading “The Tales of Mother Goose” was in the background of the book cover.  It contained 80 fairy tales.

10. CHARLES PERRAULT  Popular Fairy Tales Sleeping Beauty Puss in Boots Red Riding Hood Cinderella