A Children's Guide to Folklore and Wonder Tales

Hear the historic tales of your childhood from a professional storyteller and learn how they will shape the children of generations to come.

• By This Professor
• 01: "Sleeping Beauty": Once Upon a Time
• 02: "Beauty and the Beast" I: The Sleeping Prince
• 03: "Beauty and the Beast" II: Being Brave
• 04: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice": Transformations
• 05: "Cinderella" I: If the Shoe Fits
• 06: "Cinderella" II: Baba Yaga and Goddesses
• 07: "Cinderella" III: The Mooing Godmother
• 08: "The Brave Little Tailor": Giants!
• 09: "Jack and the Beanstalk": Archetypes
• 10: "Hansel and Gretel": Ogres
• 11: "Rumplestiltzkin": Naming Our Fears
• 12: Tom Thumb and Thumbelina: Little Heroes
• 13: "Emperor's New Clothes": Looks Can Deceive
• 14: "Town Musicians of Bremen": Unwanted Animals
• 15: "Puss in Boots" and "The Frog Prince": Fitting In
• 16: "Three Little Pigs": Third Time's a Charm
• 17: "The Little Red Hen": Formula Tales
• 18: "How the Camel Got His Hump": Pourquoi Tales
• 19: Lions and Tigers and Bears: Fables
• 20: "Snow White": Beauty and Handsomeness
• 21: "Rapunzel": Maiden/Mother/Crone
• 22: King Arthur and Winnie the Pooh: Heroic Quests
• 23: American Tall Tales and Folk Songs
• 24: Happily Ever After: How Our Stories End