Fairy Tales

Fairy tales and folk tales are amongst the oldest stories handed own orally in just about every culture and it’s amazing to realize the similarities in theme and plot. Thanks to various collectors a lot of the oral traditions were put into print.  Over the past couple of centuries the stories have been elaborated upon and sometimes have lost their original adult social message and become wary tales for children. Other writers concocted their own fairies and both varieties continue to delight decades of young listeners and readers.