From a great giant to a tiny child and from a wicked stepmother to a kindly granny, all of the characters in these classic folktales are African Americans. Children will delight in the timeless pleasures of these six fairy tales: "Rapunzel," in which the heroine's long hair forms a ladder forher rescue; "Cinderella," a tale of patience and humility rewarded; "Beauty and the Beast," the triumph of true love over appearances; "Little Red Riding Hood," involving a close call with a crafty wolf; the search for what is "just right" in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"; and a foolish boy's transformation into a hero in "Jack and the Beanstalk."
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