There were also Grimm’s Fairy Tales, William Blake’s Song of Innocence and the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. I loved them all.
It wasn’t until I became an early childhood educator that I learned that children could be storytellers, as well. An amazing curriculum by Patsy Cooper -- When Stories Come to School -- was used in my daughter’s nursery school and I picked up a copy for myself to understand what storytelling with small children was really all about.
That’s when I learned how natural storytelling can be if a child has an opportunity to learn this skill from a young age.