What is a fairy tale?

A Fairy Tale is a fictional story with lot of elements to attract kids.

Fairy tales commonly consist of folk characters,fairies, dragons,goblins, elves, trolls, dwarfs, giants, mermaids and the story will be tied usually with lot of magic or enchantments. 

Fairy Tales conveys a moral or lesson and helps to educate the children.

Usually Fairy Tales have happy endings.

Famous Fairy Tales Authors and theirs Works

Charles Perrault

1.Charles Perrault: 

He was born in Paris on January 12, 1628, and died on May 16, 1703.

His most famous writings are:

Little Red Riding Hood
Sleeping Beauty -  Sleeping Beauty
Puss in Boots
Cinderella
Bluebeard
Diamonds and Toads
Patient Griselda
The Ridiculous Wishes
Donkeyskin

2.Grimm Brothers: 

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm is born January 4, 1785, in Hanau, Germany. Wilhelm Carl Grimm is born February 24, 1786, in Hanau, Germany.

Some of the stories they wrote are:

Grimm Brothers

The Bremen Town-Musicians

Brother and Sister

Cinderella

The Frog King

Hänsel and Grethel

Little Briar-Rose

Little Red-Cap

Little Snow-White

Mother Holle

Rapunzel

The Seven Ravens

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

Tom Thumb

Sleeping Beauty

The Fisherman and His Wife

The Goose Girl

Hans in Luck

Jorinda and Joringel

Rumpelstilzchen

Snow White

The Brave Little Tailor

The Star Talers

The Elves

3.Hans Christian Andersen: (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a 

Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales.

Hans Christian Andersen

Among his best-known stories are:

The Steadfast

Tin Soldier

The Snow Queen

The Little Mermaid

Thumbelina

The Little Match Girl

The Ugly Duckling

The Red Shoes

4.Alexander Afanasyev (Rusia: July 11, 1826 — October 23,  1871 )  :

He was a Rusian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 

Russian folktales and fairytales.

Some of his tales are:

The Animals in the Pit

Alexander Afanasyev

The Cat, The Rooster, and the Fox

The Wolf  and the Goat

The Fox and the Crane

The Swan-Geese

The Three Kingdoms

Prince Ivan and Princess Martha

Baba-Yaga and Puny

5.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson: (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better 
known as Lewis Carroll.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

His most famous writings are: 
 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and
 its sequel Through the Looking-Glass 
as well as the poems 
“The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky”, 
all considered to be within the 
genre of literary nonsense.







6.Carlo Lorenzini: (November 24, 1826 – October 26, 1890), 

Carlo Lorenzini

better known as Carlo Collodi, was a Florentine children’s writer known  for the world-renowned fairy tale The Adventures of Pinocchio.