Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

In Literacy we will be taking a look at common features found in Fairy / Folk Tales.  It is a way for us to look deeper into a simple story to see how it is built. We are learning that Fairy Tales usually

• Begin with "Once upon a time", or "Long, long ago"...
• Involve magical powers and magical things
• Have imaginary good characters and imaginary evil/bad characters
• Can not be real
• Often involve royalty
• happen in far away lands or magical settings
• problems are solved with a happy outcome
• There is a lesson to be learned

We will be comparing several different Fairy Tales, however this one of my personal favourites! 

It is one of a few books I've saved from my childhood. I love sharing it with my class each year.