Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

In Hansel and Gretel, a famine has settled over the land. The children of a poor woodcutter are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother who believes she and her husband will starve as a result of providing for the children. Days of wandering lead them to a beautiful cottage made of gingerbread and candy, which the children begin to eat. Lured inside by an old woman who promises hot baths, soft beds and more delicious food, the children are...

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

Mother goat rescues her seven kids after they are swallowed by a wicked wolf.

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

A beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers.