The BrothersGrimm’s Fairy Tales
Twelve tales from the old German forests, each retold closely from the 1857 edition, with a mini game to play when you reach the end.
Table of contents
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The Frog King
A spoiled princess makes a promise to a frog, and her father the king insists she keep it.
Play: Catch the Golden Ball → -
Rapunzel
A stolen salad costs a couple their daughter, who grows up in a tower with no door.
Play: Climb the Golden Braid → -
Hansel and Gretel
Left in the forest twice, a brother and sister find a house made of bread and the witch who lives in it.
Play: The Moonlit Pebble Path → -
Cinderella
The birds in the hazel tree on her mother’s grave help a mistreated girl get to the king’s festival.
Play: Lentils from the Ashes → -
Little Red Cap
A girl in a red velvet cap stops to pick flowers on the way to Grandmother’s, and the wolf runs on ahead.
Play: Stay on the Path → -
The Bremen Town Musicians
Four old animals, unwanted by their masters, set off to become musicians.
Play: The Robber-Scaring Chorus → -
The Elves and the Shoemaker
A poor shoemaker cuts out his last leather and wakes to find the shoes already made.
Play: Midnight Cobbling → -
Little Briar Rose
The thirteenth wise woman wasn’t invited to the feast, so the princess pricks her finger and the castle sleeps for a hundred years.
Play: Through the Thorn Hedge → -
Snow White
A jealous queen asks her mirror who is fairest, then tries three times to kill the girl living with the seven dwarfs.
Play: Find the Poisoned Apple → -
Rumpelstiltskin
A miller brags that his daughter can spin straw into gold, and a little man helps her for a terrible price.
Play: Guess His Name → -
The Golden Goose
The youngest son shares his humble lunch and is rewarded with a goose that no one can let go of.
Play: Everyone Sticks Together → -
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Every morning, twelve pairs of royal shoes are worn through, until a wounded soldier finds out why.
Play: The Invisible Cloak →
About these stories
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of their Children’s and Household Tales in 1812 and kept revising it until the seventh edition of 1857. The retellings here follow the 1857 edition closely, darker moments included, though told gently, and each one is shorter than the original.
Every page ends with a small game that works on a computer, tablet or phone. Your best scores are saved in your own browser.