The Children's Literature Nook Presents Fairy Tales on the Web
Reviewed By: Carol Phaling
REVIEW
This Web Page contains many links to popular Fairy Tales such as Snow White and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Some of the links do not work, but the ones that do are good. There are classroom resources as well as a Fairy Tales bibliography. The site owner is a member of The Classroom Connection, a network of educators who maintain Web Pages of interest to other educators. It is compiled by a woman named Jeanne, and was last updated 2/24/98. It was replaced by http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4967/index.html, which was last updated on January 15, 1999. The author Jeanne states, “The purpose of this page is educational in nature.” She also claims to be a member of the following organizations: The HTML Writer's Guild and Web Prestige. She gives credit for all her graphics, and her background. There is an email link to contact her, and there is a sign-the-guest-book option, but that link no longer works. This Web Page is a “must-have” for teachers and storytelling fans and professionals. There are links (most of which work) to the following Fairy Tales: Aesops Fables – Doesn’t work, Aladdin – includes other links, Alice in Wonderland – includes other links, Cinderella – includes other links, classroom ideas, and suggested literature, The Brothers Grimm – includes other links, Hansel & Gretel - includes other links, Little Red Riding Hood - includes other links and suggested literature, Perreault - includes other links, Rumplestiltskin – only contains the Grimm’s version of this story, Snow White - includes other links and suggested literature, TheThree Bears - includes other links (some do not work) and suggested literature, Fairy Tale Links, works, but the links on the page Fairy Tales General Resources which it connects to – do not work at all, Fairy Tales in the Classroom – suggests useful ideas to use fairy tales with students, Fairy Tale Bibliography – is a listing of all the suggested literature included in the pages listed above and Jack and the Bean Stalk – includes a lesson plan, an e-text of the story, and suggested literature. Although some of the links do not work, and this site has not been updated in a while, I think this is a worthwhile for the storyteller who is searching for information about a particular story. I highly recommend it.