Fairy tales Books for Kids
154 books in fairy tales. Every book rated for reading level and content intensity.
Fairy tales books for kids span a wider readiness range than parents usually expect. The same genre category contains gentle picture books and high-intensity middle-grade novels — Lexile and grade-level scores measure text complexity, not what's actually in the story. A fairy tales title appropriate for a confident 8-year-old reader could still cover themes a sensitive 12-year-old isn't ready for.
Across HootRated's 154 fairy tales titles, books span picture books through Grade 8. About 100% are rated Gentle or Mild — safe picks for sensitive readers and kids reading ahead of their emotional readiness. 0% sit at the Intense or Very Intense end. Average content intensity is 1.4/5.
Use the intensity badges (green → red, low → high) to filter by emotional readiness rather than just age. For deeper detail on how we rate, see our rating methodology.
Little Red Riding Hood (QEB Start Writing)
Anne Faundez
Little Red Riding Hood (QEB Start Writing)
Anne Faundez
The storyteller's secrets
Tony Mitton
The storyteller's secrets
Tony Mitton
Nobody asked the pea
John Warren Stewig
Nobody asked the pea
John Warren Stewig
The Three Little Narwhals and the Big Bad Shark
Stewart Ross
The Three Little Narwhals and the Big Bad Shark
Stewart Ross
Godfather Cat and Mousie
Doris Orgel
Godfather Cat and Mousie
Doris Orgel
Pinocchio and Geppetto
Virginia Parsons
Pinocchio and Geppetto
Virginia Parsons
The Wicked Prince
Hans Christian Andersen
The Wicked Prince
Hans Christian Andersen
The fairy tale book
Jane Staab
The fairy tale book
Jane Staab
Favorite nursery tales
Morrell Gipson
Favorite nursery tales
Morrell Gipson
A choice of magic
Ruth Manning-Sanders
A choice of magic
Ruth Manning-Sanders
The musicians of Bremen
Wesley Porter
The musicians of Bremen
Wesley Porter
The Golden treasury of classic fairy tales
Milton Subotsky
The Golden treasury of classic fairy tales
Milton Subotsky
Old European fairy tales
Irma Kaplan
Old European fairy tales
Irma Kaplan
Twilight land
Howard Pyle
Twilight land
Howard Pyle
Toads and diamonds
Charlotte S. Huck
Toads and diamonds
Charlotte S. Huck
Tom Thumb
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Tom Thumb
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
P.I. Tchaikovsky's 'The nutcracker'
Fumiko Hori
P.I. Tchaikovsky's 'The nutcracker'
Fumiko Hori
The well of the wind
Alan Garner
The well of the wind
Alan Garner
The magic nesting doll
Jacqueline K. Ogburn
The magic nesting doll
Jacqueline K. Ogburn
The Prince of Ireland and the three magic stallions
Bryce Milligan
The Prince of Ireland and the three magic stallions
Bryce Milligan
The seven Simons
Barbara Hayes
The seven Simons
Barbara Hayes
All the king's horses
Michael Foreman
All the king's horses
Michael Foreman
Beauty and the beast
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Beauty and the beast
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Hansel and Gretel
Jacob Grimm
Hansel and Gretel
Jacob Grimm
Little book of fairy tales
Verónica Uribe
Little book of fairy tales
Verónica Uribe
Return of the Little Prince
Jean-Pierre Davidts, Favreau, Marie-Claude, Fischman, Sheila
Return of the Little Prince
Jean-Pierre Davidts, Favreau, Marie-Claude, Fischman, Sheila
Little Red Cap
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Little Red Cap
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
The little flower king
Květa Pacovská
The little flower king
Květa Pacovská
The brave little tailor
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
The brave little tailor
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Little Red Snapperhood
Neal W. Gilbertsen
Little Red Snapperhood
Neal W. Gilbertsen
Cinderella
Leslie McGuire
Cinderella
Leslie McGuire
The book of giant stories
David L. Harrison
The book of giant stories
David L. Harrison
Jack and the beanstalk
Melissa Tyrrell
Jack and the beanstalk
Melissa Tyrrell
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Prince Ivan and the Firebird
Bernard Lodge
Prince Ivan and the Firebird
Bernard Lodge
Harold's Fairy Tale (Further Adventures of with the Purple Crayon)
Crockett Johnson
Harold's Fairy Tale (Further Adventures of with the Purple Crayon)
Crockett Johnson
Tales for the Telling (Puffin Books)
Edna O’Brien
Tales for the Telling (Puffin Books)
Edna O’Brien
Are all the giants dead?
Mary Norton
Are all the giants dead?
Mary Norton
King Long Shanks
Jane Yolen
King Long Shanks
Jane Yolen
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney
Prince and the Firebird
Krystyna Turska
Prince and the Firebird
Krystyna Turska
Favourite fairy tales told in Greece
Virginia Haviland
Favourite fairy tales told in Greece
Virginia Haviland
Three Little Pigs/the Frog Prince
Unknown
Three Little Pigs/the Frog Prince
Unknown
Goose Chase
Patrice Kindl
Goose Chase
Patrice Kindl
Great Swedish fairy tales
John Albert Bauer
Great Swedish fairy tales
John Albert Bauer
Rose daughter
Robin McKinley
Rose daughter
Robin McKinley
Sleeping Beauty
Eva Mason
Sleeping Beauty
Eva Mason
The Three Little Pigs
Angela Santomero
The Three Little Pigs
Angela Santomero
The Irish Fairy Book
Alfred Perceval Graves
The Irish Fairy Book
Alfred Perceval Graves
Beauty and the Beast (Picture Classics)
Eleanor Vere Boyle
Beauty and the Beast (Picture Classics)
Eleanor Vere Boyle
The Rand McNally Book of Favorite Fairy Tales
Unknown
The Rand McNally Book of Favorite Fairy Tales
Unknown
The complete Brothers Grimm fairy tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
The complete Brothers Grimm fairy tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
The Snow Queen
Amy Ehrlich
The Snow Queen
Amy Ehrlich
Snow-White and Rose-Red
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Snow-White and Rose-Red
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Thrice upon a Marigold
Jean Ferris
Thrice upon a Marigold
Jean Ferris
The fairy tale book
Liz Scoggins
The fairy tale book
Liz Scoggins
Rump
Liesl Shurtliff
Rump
Liesl Shurtliff
Classic Fairy Tales
W. Foulsham Company, Limited
Classic Fairy Tales
W. Foulsham Company, Limited
Rapunzel (Everystory S.)
Wilhelm Grimm
Rapunzel (Everystory S.)
Wilhelm Grimm
The practical princess, and other liberating fairy tales
Jay Williams
The practical princess, and other liberating fairy tales
Jay Williams
Browse all 154 fairy tales books
- Rapunzel
- Frog Prince
- The Snow Queen (Everystory S.)
- The Frog Prince (Scholastic Audio)
- The Seven Chinese Brothers
- Valiant Tailor
- Hansel and Gretel
- Tattercoats
- Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Three Little Pigs
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Lovely Cinderella (Little Nugget)
- Puss in boots
- Jack and the Beanstalk (Shaped Board Books)
- Best loved magical tales for bedtime
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Agnese Baruzzi and Sandro Natalini present The true story of Little Red Riding Hood
- Hansel and Gretel
- Jack and the beanstalk
- The Brave Little Tailor
- The little prince
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Sleeping Beauty
- A first book of fairy tales
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Young Reading Gift Books)
- The Little Mermaid (Picture Books)
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Grimms' German folk tales
- "The Goose Girl (A Story from the Brothers Grimm)
- Traditional Fairy Tales (Childrens Treasury)
- The Candlewick Fairy
- Aladdin Ail Baba
- Little Claus and Big Claus
- Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland
- Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
- Thumbelina (Scandinavia Fairy Tales Series with Christian Character Building Study Key)
- Peter and the Wolf
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- The willow maiden
- Dr. Gardner's Modern Fairy Tales
- Origami Fairy Tale Pack
- The Shoemaker and the Elves
- Snow White and the 7 dwarfs
- Beauty and the Beast
- Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Interlingo Series)
- Hansel & Gretel & Grimm & More
- Puss in boots
- Three Wishes (First Reading Level 1)
- Treasury of Bedtime Stories
- The Adventures of Prince Lazybones
- Three little pigs
- Emperor
- The brave little tailor
- Beauty and the Beast Storybook & Read - Along DVD
- Tales of the fair folk
- Disney's princess treasury collection.
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
- Three Little Pigs
- Sleeping Beauty
- Red Riding Hood and the Sweet Little Wolf
- A house of pomegranates
- Little Red Riding Hood (QEB Start Writing)
- Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
- Jack and the beanstalk
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Element Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends
- Fabulous Fairytales
- Lying Carpet
- East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
- Oscar Wilde's The Star Child
- Pinocchio
- Snow Queen
- First Fairy Tales (Orchard Collections)
- Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts
- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Classic Fairy Tales) (Classic Fairy Tales)
- Puss In Boots (Classic Fairy Tales) (Classic Fairy Tales)
- Ugly Duckling (Classic Fairy Tales)
- The Three Little Pigs (Classic Fairy Tales)
- Princesse au petit pois FR
- Boucle D'Or Et Les Trois Ours
- Little Red Riding Hood/Goldilocks
- The Emperors Nightingale (Class Tales)
- Cuentos de Grimm: Segunda selección
- Blancanieves Y Los Siete Enanitos: Una Mujercita Con Suerte
- Historias Fantasticas
- Greedy Old Fatman/Cassette & Book
- The Friendly Giant
- The Falcon Under the Hat
- Tales of China and Tibet
- Doctor knowall
Questions parents ask about fairy tales books
- What are the best fairy tales books for kids?
- HootRated catalogs 154 fairy tales children's books spanning picture books through Grade 8. Each is rated on reading level and content intensity. The picks above are sorted by quality signals — hook factor, discussion potential, and content appropriateness.
- Are fairy tales books appropriate for sensitive readers?
- 154 books (100%) are rated Gentle or Mild — safe for sensitive readers. 0 (0%) are rated Intense or Very Intense. Average intensity is 1.4/5. Filter by intensity badge to match your child's emotional readiness.
- What reading level are fairy tales books?
- Fairy tales books in our catalog span picture books through Grade 8. The typical reading level lands around Grade 2. Reading level measures text difficulty — separate from content intensity, which measures emotional weight. The two often don't track together for gifted readers — the Gifted Kid Paradox.