Grownups Read Princess Stories

The Boy and the Trolls was written by Walter Stenstrom. Born ( 1881 ) in Malilla, he became an author, comedy writer, and lecturer.   Walters parents were the pharmacist Axel Fabian Stenström and Ingeborg Olivia Abrahamsson. He graduated in 1900 and in 1904 became a pharmacology candidate. He was active as a theater man and managing director of Skådebanan , but also wro

The Prince Without a Shadow was written by Jeanna Oterdahl (1897-1965) Jeanna Oterdahl was the daughter of Captain Philip Oterdahl and Eva Frögren. She was the eldest of five siblings. After graduating as a teacher in Stockholm in 1901, Oterdahl was employed at Mathilda Hall's school in Gothenburg (where she herself was a student) but at the same time devoted herself to extensive

"The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" (German: Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin) is two German fairy tales collected under the same title by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as number 38. It was included in all editions, and is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 65, 1350, 1352*, and 1510. The second version of the tale was told to the Grimms by Ludovico Brentano Jordis, who also wrote d

"Hansel and Gretel" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hansel and Gretel are a brother and sister abandoned in a forest, where they fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake, and pastries. Read is the last Brothers Grimm version put to paper. This episode includes some history on h

The Maiden Without Hands comes from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, ( Brothers Grimm ) "Das Mädchen ohne Hände," Kinder- und Hausmärchen, gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm [Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales], 7th edition, vol. 1 (Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1857), no. 31, pp. 162-68. A shorter, simpler version of this tale was included in the

"The Twelve Brothers" (German: Die zwölf Brüder) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 9). Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.  It is of Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"), which is commonly found throughout Europe.  Other variants of the Aarne-Thompson type include The Six Swans, T

The Companionship of the Cat and the Mouse  (German: Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft) is a tale written by the Brothers Grimm. A shorter version of the tale was included in the Brothers Grimm's manuscript collection of 1808, and published in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812. Their version is based upon an oral tradition communicated by Gretchen Wild (1787�

The True Story of Lakshmibai. Read by Mily Mumford

The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body written by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were Norwegian , Read by Laura Anne Harris

The Girl Who Dances with Skeletons: My Friend Fresno, Written by Ashley Wellman. Read by Ashley Wellman and Reagan Wellman