"Kate Crackernuts" (or "Katie Crackernuts") is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Andrew Lang in the Orkney Islands and published in "Longman's Magazine" in 1889.
 Joseph Jacobs edited and republished the tale in his "English Fairy Tales" (1890).
 The tale is about a princess who rescues her beautiful sister from an evil enchantment and a prince from a wasting sickness caused by dancing nightly with the fairies.
 The tale has been adapted to a children's novel and a stage play.
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: "Den standhaftige tinsoldat") is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina.
 After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina.
 The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838 in the first booklet of "Fairy Tales Told for Children.
 New Collection."
 The booklet consists of Andersen's "The Daisy" and "The Wild Swans".
 The tale was Andersen’s first not based upon a folk tale or a literary model.
 "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" has been adapted to various media including ballet and animated film.
The Squirrel Wife is the title of a children's fairy tale written by Philippa Pearce and first illustrated by Derek Collard.
 This original fairy tale published by Longman Young in 1971 has subsequently been republished in Middlesex: New York City; Paris and Madrid.
 Bill Geldart is responsible for illustrating publications made between 1983–1992 and Wayne Anderson most recently illustrated both New York and London publications in 2007.
 The squirrel wife is also included within "The Faber book of Modern Fairy Tales".
New Fairy Tales (Danish: "Nye Eventyr" ) is a collection of four fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 10 November 1843.
 As was customary at the time however, the title page is dated 1844.
 The tales are completely Andersen's invention, owe no debt to folk or fairy lore, and are the most autobiographical of his several fairy tale collections.
 The collection was received enthusiastically by the Danish critics and public and became Andersen's break-through in the fairy tale genre.
 "The Nightingale" and "The Ugly Duckling" have been adapted to various forms of drama.
Twelve Months (世界名作童話 森は生きている , Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Mori wa Ikiteiru ) is a 1980 animated feature film directed by Yugo Serikawa, Kimio Yabuki and Tetsuo Imazawa, produced by Toei Animation from Japan in partnership with Soyuzmultfilm from the Soviet Union.
 It was based on the fairy tale of the same name written by Samuil Marshak.
 The music was composed by Vladimir Ivanovich Krivtsov (Владимир Иванович Кривцов ) and performed by the National Leningrad Philharmonic under the direction of A. S. Dmitriev.
 Famous manga artist Osamu Tezuka served as co-producer and character designer on the film.
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Samuil Yakovlevich Marchak) (; 3 November [O.S. 22 October] 1887 4 July 1964) was a Russian Jewish and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet.
 He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry (including poems for children), and poetry from other languages.
 Maxim Gorky proclaimed Marshak to be "the founder of Russia's (Soviet) children's literature."
The Twelve Months is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece".
The Twelve Months (Russian: Двенадцать месяцев , "Dvenadtsat mesyatsev " ) is a 1973 Soviet Lenfilm fantasy film directed by Anatoliy Granik based on the play by Samuil Marshak adapted from the fairy tale with the same name.
The Nine Songs Contemporary Children's Literature Award (九歌現代少兒文學獎), or Nine Songs Children's Literature Award (九歌儿童文学奖) is one of the most important awards for children’s literature created in Taiwan.
 Eligible works should be between 40,000-45,000 words, and suitable to children aged 10-15 years.
 Also known as the ChiuKo Award.
Frank Caplan (June 10, 1911 – September 28, 1988) was a youth worker, educator, folk toy collector, and pioneer in developing and manufacturing educational toys for children.
 He co-founded Creative Playthings in 1945 with his wife Theresa, and worked with artists, architects, and designers, such as Isamu Noguchi, Louis Kahn, Henry Moore, Robert Winston, and the Swiss toymaker, Antonio Vitali, to create innovative educational play objects and playground designs for children.
 By the 1950s, Creative Playthings had gained international recognition and expanded to become one of the most important manufacturers and suppliers of materials for early childhood education.
 In 1975, Frank Caplan founded The Princeton Center for Infancy and Early Childhood.
 He researched and co-authored a national bestselling series on early childhood development with Theresa Caplan, which included, "The First Twelve Months of Life" (1977), "The Second Twelve Months of Life" (1978), and "The Early Childhood Years: The 2 to 6 Year Old" (1983).
 Together they also co-authored "The Power of Play" (1973).
 He was one of the first male nursery school teachers in the U.S. and together with Theresa Caplan collected over 50,000 American and international folk toys, folk art, and contemporary playthings, which in 1984 the couple donated to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis for a permanent gallery on folk, fantasy, and play.

Question: The founder of Russia's children's literature created the fairy tale Twelve Months, which was adapted into a film directed by whom?
Answer: Yugo Serikawa, Kimio Yabuki and Tetsuo Imazawa