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   Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in netmail to Ardith Hinton:   
      
    AH>  If you want to research such things for yourself I'd highly   
    AH>  recommend Ladybird Books, published in the UK some time ago.   
    AH>  Although I would like to be more specific I'm a bit out of   
    AH>  my depth re corporate mergers & whatnot....  :-Q   
      
    DM>  What is Ladybird Books?   
      
      
              In short, a publisher of children's books.  The Wikipedia article   
   on this company makes no direct reference to folk or fairy tales.   
      
      
      
    DM>  Reply with example, please.   
      
      
              You may have to visit a second-hand store to find the older versions   
   ... probably dating back to the 1960's... which so impressed me.  They were   
   not graded &/or simplified for preschoolers as more recent versions apparently   
   are. According to Wikipedia numerous Ladybird books from this era were written   
   at an elementary school level but were very popular with adults too....  :-)   
      
              If you want to know some titles of classic fairy tales in English,   
   I suspect you know more than you think you do because a lot of our most   
   cherished folklore originated in Europe & has been translated into umpteen   
   languages.  It may be you need help in searching by title, though, so I'll add   
   a few examples:   
      
      
                 Hans Christian Andersen (Danish)   
      
                      The Emperor's New Clothes   
                      The Princess and the Pea   
                      The Ugly Duckling   
      
      
                 The Brothers Grimm (German), who studied folklore from   
                 various parts of Europe & included the work of Charles   
                 Perrault (French) in their own publications   
      
                      Cinderella   
                      Hansel and Gretel   
                      Little Red Riding Hood   
      
      
               WRT British sources, I found only one...   
      
                      Goldilocks and the Three Bears   
      
   ... but I note with interest that it is the only fairy tale I can easily   
   recite from memory & that our daughter will correct me if I leave out   
   something.  :-))   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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