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by
Jacqueline Balcells
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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?
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