What readers know varies so much more now than it once did. There are so many books out there and the numbers increase exponentially. We can depend somewhat on shared experiences with children's stories and, at least, movies that revive those stories.
Fairy Tales
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Puss in Boots
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Hansel and Gretel
Little Red Riding Hood
The Princess and the Pea
The 12 Dancing Princesses
Rumplestiltskin
and more
Alice in Wonderland
Treasure Island
The Cat in the Hat
Shel Silverstein's poetry
Goodnight Moon
Where the Wild Things Are
What readers know varies so much more now than it once did. There are so many books out there and the numbers increase exponentially. We can depend somewhat on shared experiences with children's stories and, at least, movies that revive those stories.
Fairy Tales
- Sleeping Beauty
- Cinderella
- Puss in Boots
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Hansel and Gretel
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Princess and the Pea
- The 12 Dancing Princesses
- Rumplestiltskin
- and more
Alice in WonderlandTreasure Island
The Cat in the Hat
Shel Silverstein's poetry
Goodnight Moon
Where the Wild Things Are
Aesop's Fables
Here are some websites:
http://ivyjoy.com/fables/
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
Here is a place for you to record instances of intertextuality between kiddie lit and what you are reading: