Grimms' Fairy Tales
Learn about the classic fairy tales collected by the Grimm brothers at this National Geographic site. To sample tales about stepmothers like the one in "The Enchanted Raisin," click on Tell me a story . . . and then a wicked stepmother who has. . . . With a small group of classmates, write a fairy tale of your own that features a good stepmother who does something heroic to help her family. Present the story to the class.

Storytime Online Presents: Brothers of the Knight
Listen to this interactive version of a modern fairy tale presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and read by entertainer Debbie Allen. Like the setting and characters in "The Enchanted Raisin," the setting and characters in Brothers of the Knight are contemporary. Imagine you are a critic and write a review of this story that could be printed in the entertainment section of the newspaper. What do you like about the story? Could anything about the story be improved?