Caldecott Folktales

Two children are left in the woods but find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

• fairy tale

• trickster

• myth

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A beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.

• myth

• fable

• fairy tale

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A rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of 16th century Prague.

• myth

• fairy tale

• trickster

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Three bears return home from a walk to find Goldilocks asleep in Baby Bear's bed.

• tall tale

• legend

• fable

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A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and

• tall tale

• trickster

• fairy tale

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The story of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

• tall tale

• fairy tale

• myth

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In this story by Aesop, an adventurous mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

• fairy tale

• fable

• tall tale

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In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

• fairy tale

• trickster

• legend

Anansi the Spider, an African trickster, tries to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life.

• legend

• trickster

• fairy tale

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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

• myth

• fairy tale

• tall tale

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