The plot of “Cinderella” is that a young girl (who is treated terribly by her stepsisters) experiences a bit of magic from her fairy godmother and is able to go to a ball dressed as a beautiful princess. There, she falls in love with a prince.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is a 19th-century English fairy tale of which three versions exist. The original version of the tale tells of an impudent old woman who enters the forest home of three anthropomorphic bachelor bears while they are away. 

Stone Soup is a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal. In varying traditions, the stone has been replaced with other common inedible objects, and therefore the parable is also known as axe soup, button soup, nail soup, bolt soup, and wood soup.

The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop’s Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition.

The Little Red Hen is an American fable first collected by Mary Mapes Dodge in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1874. The story is meant to teach children the importance of hard work and personal initiative.

“Three Billy Goats Gruff” is a Norwegian fairy tale about three goats who face a major hurdle on their path when they went out grazing. An interesting tale using animal characters, the full story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff is highly relatable to children as they learn how to face tough situations in their daily lives.