Interesting English Fairy Tale Stories: Amazing Stories, Fantasy Fairy 6 Y.A. Fairy Tale Retellings to Add to Your Reading List The New York Fantasy Fairy Tale Art Fairy tales vocabulary interactive worksheet Fairy tales, Preschool. A delightful collection of magical folk talesHans Andersen's evocative stories blend wit and pathos, his light but shrewd touch revealing the selfishness and stupidity of man. Un 'The Emperor's New Clothes' it takes a child to point out the Emperor's foolishness and his excess of pride eventually makes him a laughing stock. His stupidity is therefore punished, just as the modesty and good nature of 'The Ugly Duckling' is justly rewarded in the end. Andersen's fresh and vivacious tone illuminates all of the old favourites in the selection which include 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Princess and the Pea', 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Snow Queen'. These imaginative and humorous fairy tales remain as universially popular today as when they were crated 150 years ago.