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The Brave Little Tailor

A story from Grimms' Fairy Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

This story comes from Grimms' Fairy Tales, collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and first published in the early nineteenth century. The tale celebrates cleverness and courage: a tailor who kills seven flies believes himself a hero, and through quick thinking and trickery, he outsmarts giants and wins a kingdom. The Grimms gathered folktales from oral tradition across German-speaking lands; this one has been loved for two hundred years because it shows that brains can triumph over brawn, and that confidence — even mistaken confidence — can carry the day. A few period terms have been modernised. This reader keeps the tailor's boast, his encounters with the giant and the two sleeping giants, and his reward at the palace — the heart of the original.

Band

Purple · Pre-readers and first readersTypical starting range: ages 4–5

Length

short · about 351 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Grimms' Fairy Tales, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (6 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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