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2. The Elves and the Shoemaker - Wikipedia

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   AT 504. Country. Germany. Published in. Grimm's Fairy Tales. " The Elves and The Shoemaker " (German: Die Wichtelmänner) is a set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 39) about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from three young helpful elves. [1] The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained as ...

3. Struwwelpeter - Wikipedia

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   König Nussknacker und der arme Reinhold. Der Struwwelpeter ("shock-headed Peter") [1] is an 1845 German children's book written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each cautionary tale has a clear moral lesson that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior ...

4. Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Wikipedia

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   In The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales (2002), Harvard professor Maria Tatar notes that Southey's story is often viewed as a cautionary fable, conveying a lesson about the dangers of venturing into unknown territories. Similar to The Three Little Pigs, the story uses repetition to capture a child's attention and reinforce themes of protection and ...

5. The Three Little Pigs - Wikipedia

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   The story in its arguably best-known form appeared in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, first published on June 19, 1890, and crediting Halliwell as his source. [5] The earliest published version of the story is from Dartmoor, Devon, England in 1853, and has three little pixies and a fox in place of the three pigs and a wolf. The first pixy ...

6. Goodnight Moon - Wikipedia

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   Goodnight Moon. Goodnight Moon is an American children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was published on September 3, 1947, and is a highly acclaimed bedtime story. This book is the second in Brown and Hurd's "classic series," which also includes The Runaway Bunny and My World.

7. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - Wikipedia

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   English. " Wynken, Blynken, and Nod " is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishing among the stars from a boat which is a wooden shoe. The names suggest a sleepy child's ...