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.  :-))




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