Tatar, Maria

A little girl meets a wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

Examines the genre, cultural implications, and critical history of six classic fairy tales and presents twelve essays on the social origins and issues of gender and national identity present in many of these children's stories.

Presents twenty-six classic fairy tales by authors including Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perault, Hans Christian Andersen, and others, each with annotations that explore the story's origins, cultural complexities, and psychological effects; and features over three hundred illustrations.