The 25 best traditional and classic tales

There is a large number of classic tales in literature around the world.

From most of them you can extract a little moral, which will allow you to educate the little ones in values. Others, on the other hand, hide ideas a little out of date in the sense, for example, of thinking that girls should be saved or rescued by a handsome prince ...

Despite this, everyone can bring us things: entertainment and learning. Many of them have also been brought to the big screen, especially by the hand of Walt Disney. In this article we bring you the 25 best traditional and classic tales.

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The 25 most famous traditional and classic tales

So that, here we leave you the list of the 25 best traditional and classic tales together with a small summary of each one of them.

1. The ugly Duckling

It is a classic-contemporary tale, created by Hans Christian Andersen and published in 1843. The story is about an ugly, clumsy duckling that is bigger than his brothers, who must face very tough situations for it. It is a story that will make the little ones reflect on what is truly important, beyond the physical of each one.

2. The three Little Pigs

It tells the story of three little pigs who must build a house to escape from a wolf. This story was originally an illustrated album, first published in the United States in 1989. It was written by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.

3. Pinocchio

Another of the best traditional and classic tales, in this case it tells the story of Pinocchio, a wooden boy who has a life of his own and whose nose grows when he lies.

4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

A tale that tells the story of Snow White, a girl who lives in the forest with seven dwarfs. Each dwarf has a very distinctive personality. Snow White faces an evil witch who wants to harm her, and the dwarfs will help her.

5. Cinderella

Another classic, Cinderella, which was made into a movie by Walt Disney. Its author is Daisy Fisher, and it is a fairy tale and princesses, where the protagonist is the Cinderella, a girl whom her stepsisters are very envious of and make her life miserable.

6. The tooth fairy

The Tooth Fairy is another classic story that gives life to the mouse that comes to look for our baby teeth when they fall out, while we sleep, and exchange a gift.

7. Peter Pan

The Peter Pan tale was published in 1904, and its creator was the Scotsman James Matthew Barrie. Also nicknamed as "the boy who did not want to grow up", Peter Pan is a boy who lives a series of adventures with his friend Wendy (who is a fairy).

8. Bambi

Bambi is the protagonist of another of the best traditional and classic tales. It is about a deer that loses his mother at a very young age and has to survive in the forest, thanks to the help of his friends.

9. The cat with boots

Puss in Boots is a very old tale, first published in 1697. Its author is Charles Perrault. The story tells the life of a cat wearing huge boots.

10. Rapunzel

Rapunzel is the protagonist of the following classic children's tale, from the Brothers Grimm collection. She is about a girl who lives locked in a tower, and who has a very long braid that reaches the ground.

One day the girl is rescued, thanks to her hair, by a prince. The short story was first published in 1812, and has been made into a movie, like many others on the list.

11. Little Red Riding Hood

Another great classic, Little Red Riding Hood is the story of a girl who goes through the woods every day to see her grandmother. One day a wolf pretends to be her grandmother and tries to deceive her... what will happen to her then? Will the wolf eat it?

12. Sleeping Beauty

The next of the 25 best traditional and classic tales is Sleeping Beauty, also created by Charles Perrault. The story tells the story of a girl who will remain asleep until the man in her life wakes her up.

13. Aladdin

Aladdin is the protagonist of this tale, also made into a movie on more than one occasion. It is one of the stories from The Thousand and One Nights ”, very famous in oriental culture.

14. Thumbelina

Tom Thumb, also by Charles Perrault, is another story that you cannot stop reading. Thumbelina is the youngest of seven siblings, and he is the size of a thumb. His parents decide to abandon them in the forest, because they are very poor, but... what will Tom Thumb do?

15. The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz, published in 1945 in Spain, more than a story is a book written by Lyman Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Regarding its plot, the story explains the adventures of Dorothy Gale in the land of Oz.

16. The jungle book

Another of the best traditional and classic tales brought to the big screen: the jungle book. Mowgli is its protagonist, a boy who lives in the jungle, and has different animal friends for his friends.

17. The Tin Soldier

Another short story (or book, in this case), published in 1838. Its creator was Hans Christian Andersen. Its protagonist, a tin soldier, falls in love with a dancing doll, but things get complicated….

18. The hare and the Tortoise

Another book with a great moral, in this case it tells the story of a hare and a tortoise who undertake a kind of race. The hare falls asleep in every tree that it can, but the tortoise, although it is slower, is making its way... who will reach the goal first?

19. Hansel and Gretel

These two characters are brothers, sons of a lumberjack. Their father abandons them in the forest and they find a little house with chocolate and sweets... should they go inside? Who lives there?

20. The goose that laid the golden eggs

Another story to educate in values, with the following moral: "greed breaks the sack". It tells the story, as its name suggests, of a hen that lays golden eggs.

21. The smug little rat

The protagonist of the next of the best traditional and classic tales is a little rat who sweeps the stairs every day, but she is also very conceited and has various suitors.

22. Hamelin's futist

Hamelin is a city that is infested with rats. A flutist proposes that they accompany him with his music, to make them disappear from the city. Will he get it?

23. Merlin the magician

Merlin is a wizard who takes care of the son of a king, named Arthur. Merlin teaches Arthur his skills as a magician and much more. Things soon get complicated with the arrival of a famous sword, "the sword of King Arthur."

24. The Prince and the Pauper

This classic tale tells the story of two boys born in London, Tom Canty, a beggar and a poor family, and Edward Tudor, prince son of a king.

25. Bremen Town Musicians

Finally, the last of the 25 best traditional and classic tales that we bring you is "The Musicians of Bremen". It is a story by Jakob Grimm, which tells the story of four animals: a donkey, a cat, a rooster and a dog, who go on a journey because their owners want to sacrifice them.