And they lived happily ever after Didi Karisny Neenah Joint School District Reading Teacher Fantasy is the most valuable attribute of the human mind and should be diligently nurtured from the earliest childhood. As we zoom in closer you may be a little surprised to discover they are sixth graders engaging in some writer's workshop activities. Even more of an enigma is some of the students are reading picture books and seem to be quite fascinated. The answer is quite simple.
Fairy tales are stories filled with wonder.
They have been passed from one generation to the next for centuries. They can further be classified by identifying common elements or characteristics. Characters represent good and evil or beauty and ugliness. Heroes claim prizes, and villains vanish forever or are killed. Princes have been turned into frogs.