First Books in Every Child's Library Should Be Fairy Tales

The first books my mother gave me to read were fairy tales. They literally changed the course of my life.

For the first tender years of my life (ages birth to 7 years), I grew up in the James E. Scott Community Housing Projects. Folks who lived there just called it “the projects”. My older siblings told me that we were poor so I believed them. They were older than me! They must know everything. Right? It didn't help that when I asked my mother to buy me certain things her answer was always “We don't have the money for that.”

So I resigned myself to believing that poor people don't have much to look forward to in this world. Until one day my mother gave me some books. My mother had a lot of friends who were school teachers and they always gave her books. The books my mother gave me were mostly fairy tales but they opened up a whole new world for me. The storyline of most fairy tales are universal and everyone can relate. The stories are about good overcoming evil and the main characters triumphantly living happily ever after. That gives a young child something to look forward to if they are going to live in this world.

Even though I'm now an adult, I still enjoy reading fairy tales. The world is full of them, so it's not likely that you will run out of reading material. Practically every country has its own wonderful tales.

I truly believe that all children, no matter the income level of the parents, or their ethnicity or their religious beliefs, etc. … all children should …

• Number 1: Be taught how to read; and

• Number 2: Be given a set of fairy tales to begin their reading adventures.

Do you agree?

If you agree, then allow me to introduce you to Denise McGill, aka PaintDrips, a fellow freelance writer and also a children's book illustrator. She has a few suggested fairy tales for you to read for your own pleasure if you're an adult; and if you are creating a library for children, you might want to add these books to the collection.

Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner) ~ Freelancer @cmoneyspinner

Kiigbo Kiigba and the Helpful Spirits, A West African Folktale | HubPages

hubpages.comKiigbo Kiigba and the Helpful Spirits, A West African FolktaleKiigbo Kiigba is the name of a contrary boy who doesn’t like to follow the rules and gets himself into trouble. This is another of my fairy tales from around the world; this one from West Africa. From the book The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner) ~ Freelancer @cmoneyspinner

The Lute Player, A Russian Fairy Tale | HubPages

hubpages.comThe Lute Player, A Russian Fairy TaleThe Lute Player is a Russian fairy tale about a princess who rescues her father the king, from a neighboring kingdom by being crafty and resourceful. From the children’s book The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner) ~ Freelancer @cmoneyspinner

The Sage’s Daughter, A Folk Tale from India | HubPages

hubpages.comThe Sage’s Daughter, A Folk Tale from IndiaThe Sage’s Daughter is a charming story of a girl mouse and how she finds a husband. This is one more story from my The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

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