Free ebooks: Fairy Tales

   I recently read and reviewed 'Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale'. I've always loved the mermaid story, and have seen many takes on it, but don't remember ever reading the original. So I had to pull out an old children's book and do that. I've also been reading the Percy Jackson series. This inspired me to pull out a couple of mythology books. The children's versions are a lot easier to read than my old college text! And I found that kids today don't really know fairy tales like they did when I was growing up. So I went in search for some ebook freebies. Here is a sampling of what I found.


For the Kindle:

• Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Aesop's Tales: A New Translation by Aesop
• Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm
• Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
• Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson by Hans Christian Anderson
• American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum

For the Nook:

• Fairy Stories Every Child Should Know by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
• Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Folk Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Heroes and Fairies: Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Heroes Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Heroines That Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie

   Most of these are digitized from  early 1900's publications and often times the old, original tales did not have the light, happy endings found in Disney versions, so you will want to read through before reading to a young child.