Grimms’ Fairy Tales

A gardener’s youngest son searches for a golden bird that steals the king’s apples, with a clever fox to help him.

Hans travels home with his wages and keeps exchanging his possessions for things he thinks will make life easier.

When an old fairy turns Jorinda into a bird, Jorindel searches for a way to break her spell.

Four unwanted farm animals set off to become musicians and discover a house occupied by robbers.

An old dog asks a wolf for help when his master plans to kill him, but their friendship soon faces a test.

A straw, a coal and a bean escape from a woman’s kitchen and face the problem of crossing a river.

An angry fairy curses a newborn princess, and the king tries to protect his daughter from the danger.

A sparrow helps a hungry dog and takes revenge after a cruel carter runs the dog over.

A soldier uses a magic cloak to investigate why twelve princesses wear out their shoes every night.

A fisherman releases an enchanted fish, but his wife keeps sending him back with greater wishes.

A bear insults a wren’s children, leading to a battle between the animals that walk and those that fly.

A frog offers to recover a princess’s golden ball if she promises to share her home and bed with him.

A cat and a mouse store food for winter, but the cat invents excuses to visit their hiding place alone.

A princess’s servant steals her identity during a journey, leaving the true bride to look after geese.

Chanticleer and Partlet travel for nuts, meet unusual companions and cause trouble during their visits.

A witch keeps Rapunzel in a tower, where her long golden hair becomes the only way to reach her.

Fundevogel and Lina flee from a wicked cook and use magic to change their shape and escape their pursuers.

After killing seven flies, a tailor wears a proud message that makes giants and a king mistake him for a warrior.

Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in a forest and discover a tempting house made from food.

A mouse, a bird and a sausage live happily together until the bird insists that they exchange jobs.

A hard-working girl falls into a well and reaches a strange land where Mother Holle offers her work.

Little Red-Cap meets a wolf while taking cake and wine to her sick grandmother in the woods.

A miller’s daughter follows her future husband’s trail into the forest and discovers a terrifying secret.

A boy no bigger than a thumb leaves home and faces adventures with strangers, thieves and hungry animals.

A strange little man helps a miller’s daughter turn straw into gold, but his final price is frightening.

A cook eats the chickens meant for her master and his guest, then invents a trick to hide what she has done.

A family makes an elderly grandfather eat alone, while his young grandson watches how they treat him.

A poor peasant uses a wooden calf, an injured raven and clever lies to outsmart his greedy neighbours.

Catherine tries to help her husband Frederick, but her unusual ideas cause one problem after another.

A girl escapes a murderous witch with Roland, using a stolen wand to protect them both.

Snow White finds shelter with seven dwarfs, but her jealous stepmother’s magic mirror reveals where she is.

A wicked cook steals a prince whose wishes come true and falsely blames the queen for her child’s disappearance.

Elsie’s family praises her cleverness, but her fears about an imaginary child lead to a strange scene in the cellar.

A generous servant receives three magical gifts and uses his fiddle during a dangerous encounter with a miser.

Cinderella’s cruel stepfamily tries to keep her from the king’s feast, but birds offer unexpected help.

A servant tastes a secret dish, gains the power to understand animals and begins a journey into the world.

Seven young goats stay home while their mother searches for food, and a wolf tries to trick them into opening the door.

Simpleton protects small animals during a journey with his brothers and later faces three tasks at an enchanted castle.

A poor shoemaker discovers perfectly finished shoes each morning and decides to find out who is helping him.

A cruel stepmother kills a boy and hides her crime, while his grieving sister gathers his bones beneath a juniper-tree.

A poor soldier grows an enormous turnip, and his rich brother becomes jealous of the king’s generous reward.

Hans visits Gretel for gifts but keeps applying his mother’s previous advice to the wrong situation.

A young man learns the languages of dogs, birds and frogs, but his father thinks these skills are useless.

A proud fox boasts about his many tricks to a cat who knows only one way to escape danger.

Four brothers learn unusual skills and must work together when a dragon steals a princess.

Lily marries an enchanted lion prince and follows a trail of white feathers when a new spell separates them.

An old horse is sent away by his master, and a fox offers to help him prove he is stronger than a lion.

An injured soldier finds a magical blue light and plans revenge against the king who refused to pay him.

A princess trapped in a raven’s body asks a traveller for help, but he struggles to follow her instructions.

Kind Dummling receives a golden goose, and everyone who tries to take its feathers becomes stuck to it.

Three princes search for the Water of Life to save their father, but only the youngest treats a helpful dwarf kindly.

A deserted bride gathers eleven girls who resemble her and takes them to the king’s court disguised as huntsmen.

A merchant promises his son to a dwarf, beginning Heinel’s journey toward an enchanted princess and a mysterious kingdom.

A farmer calls himself Doctor Knowall and is asked to solve a theft, frightening servants with his accidental remarks.

A girl learns that her seven brothers were turned into ravens and sets out to find them at the Glass Mountain.

An old fox tests his wife in one story, while another follows Mrs. Fox as she considers several new suitors.

A huntsman gains two magical treasures, but a witch and her daughter plan to steal them.

A boy who cannot feel fear tries to learn it by spending three nights in a haunted castle.

A princess mocks every suitor until her angry father forces her to marry a poor travelling musician.

A young prince frees the mysterious Iron Hans and follows him into the forest, where a magical test awaits.

A princess escapes her father’s terrible marriage plan and hides her identity beneath a coat made of many kinds of fur.

Two kind sisters welcome a talking bear into their home and later repeatedly rescue an ungrateful dwarf.