A Fairy Tale Treasury in Bloomington, MN

From a great giant to a tiny child and from a wicked stepmother to a kindly granny, all of the characters in these classic folktales are African Americans. Children will delight in the timeless pleasures of these six fairy tales:
Rapunzel
, in which the heroine's long hair forms a ladder for her rescue;
Cinderella
, a tale of patience and humility rewarded;
Beauty and the Beast
, the triumph of true love over appearances;
Little Red Riding Hood
, involving a close call with a crafty wolf; the search for what is "just right" in
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
; and a foolish boy's transformation into a hero in
Jack and the Beanstalk
.