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The Boy and the Trolls was written by Walter Stenstrom.

Born ( 1881 ) in Malilla, he became an author, comedy writer, and lecturer. 

 Walters parents were the pharmacist Axel Fabian Stenström and Ingeborg Olivia Abrahamsson. He graduated in 1900 and in 1904 became a pharmacology candidate.

He was active as a theater man and managing director of Skådebanan , but also wrote some fairy tale plays.

Other children tales include 'The Princess who wouldn't eat porridge' and 'The gingerbread men in the gingerbreadt tin'.

Walter passed away in 1926.

The Prince Without a Shadow was written by Jeanna Oterdahl (1897-1965) Jeanna Oterdahl was the daughter of Captain Philip Oterdahl and Eva Frögren. She was the eldest of five siblings. After graduating as a teacher in Stockholm in 1901, Oterdahl was employed at Mathilda Hall's school in Gothenburg (where she herself was a student) but at the same time devoted herself to extensive writing. In the 1920s, she reduced her teaching hours and focused on writing. Several of her morning rallies were broadcast on radio all over Sweden, including a speech in the spring of 1944 in which she condemned anti-Semitism . There are several similar examples of her anti-fascism. Among other things, she was critical of the permit traffic through Sweden. Her main role model was Natanael Beskow and Oterdahl became a member of his association, the Association for Christian Social Life . Around 1950, she joined the Quakers , but as early as 1927, one of her characters had met the Quakers. Oterdahl became a frequently hired lecturer (often with the subheading "non-profit goods") in a number of subjects: women's history , the place of childhood in literary history, inferiority complexes and old age.  These lectures probably gave her a different audience than her books. Oterdahl was a well-known author during her lifetime, but has gradually been more and more forgotten. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, she is not mentioned in major literary biographies or even very much in special dictionaries, something that may be due to the fact that she is seen as a children's writer or a psalm writer. Jeanna Oterdahl is buried in a family grave at Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg. She was unmarried. 

"The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" (German: Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin) is two German fairy tales collected under the same title by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as number 38. It was included in all editions, and is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 65, 1350, 1352*, and 1510.  The second version of the tale was told to the Grimms by Ludovico Brentano Jordis, who also wrote down "The Lion and the Frog" for the brothers.

"Hansel and Gretel" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hansel and Gretel are a brother and sister abandoned in a forest, where they fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake, and pastries. Read is the last Brothers Grimm version put to paper. This episode includes some history on how the tale was written.

The Maiden Without Hands comes from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, ( Brothers Grimm ) "Das Mädchen ohne Hände," Kinder- und Hausmärchen, gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm [Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales], 7th edition, vol. 1 (Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1857), no. 31, pp. 162-68. A shorter, simpler version of this tale was included in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812). The tale was expanded and revised for the second edition (1819).

"The Twelve Brothers" (German: Die zwölf Brüder) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 9). Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book. 

It is of Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"), which is commonly found throughout Europe.  Other variants of the Aarne-Thompson type include The Six Swans, The Twelve Wild Ducks, Udea and her Seven Brothers, The Wild Swans, The Seven Ravens, and The Magic Swan Geese.

The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812, and substantially rewritten in the second edition (1819). Their sources were Julia R. Ramus (1792–1862) and Charlotte R. Ramus (1793–1858).

The Companionship of the Cat and the Mouse  (German: Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft) is a tale written by the Brothers Grimm.

A shorter version of the tale was included in the Brothers Grimm's manuscript collection of 1808, and published in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812. Their version is based upon an oral tradition communicated by Gretchen Wild (1787–1819) in Kassel.[2]

The True Story of Lakshmibai. Read by Mily Mumford

The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body written by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were Norwegian , Read by Laura Anne Harris

The Girl Who Dances with Skeletons: My Friend Fresno, Written by Ashley Wellman. Read by Ashley Wellman and Reagan Wellman

Little Saddleslut by Edmund Martin Geldart. Read by Tamlynn Bryson

Little Thumbelina Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Shirley Blanch

The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek written by Jenny Wagner. Read by Shane Adamczak

The Legend of the Sea Written and Read by Nymphia.

The Goodman of Wastness by Walter Traill Dennison, read by Turner Coats.

The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs by Maude Ashurt Biggs. Read by Reid Messerschmidt

Interview with Ellen Haun. Co Author of the book " Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling and Other Feminist Fairy Tales "

"The Little Mermaid Gets a Vagina" from the book " Cinderella & the Glass Ceiling. And Other Feminist Fairy Tales. Written by Laura Lane & Ellen Haun Read by Ellen Haun

The Mail Coach Passengers by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Camiel Pell

Sirena read by Zane Oak

The Story of the Year, written by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Charles Martin

The Little Match Girl written by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Chris Cooley

The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg written by Frances Jenkins Olcott. Read by Caitlin Ward.

Interview with Author Amanda Leduc on her book, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space.

Lynnea and Luca with their father Jeremy bring to you an original Cinderella re telling based in the world of Atheria, from their podcast "The Land of Atheria".

The Baba Yaga by W.R.S. Ralston read by Alastair Knowles

'The Thankless Child' from the book The Merry Spinster, written Daniel M. Lavery. Read by John Wilson.

Maria read by Ray Blakney

Tattercoats collected by Joseph Jacobs read by Simon Cockle

Fair, Brown and Trembling by Joseph Jacobs read by David Hollingsworth.

Anne Sexton's Cinderella poem read by Benjamin Cutler with special guest host James Avramenko.

Smallhead and the King's Son written by Joseph Jacobs read by Trevor Hinton.

Aschenputtel ( Cinderella ) written by the Brothers Grimm, read by Bryan Skinner

Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella by Myrna J. de Paz, read by Robert Omoto

Special guest host Bell Alexander from the Podcast 'Thirst World Problems' brings to you the Scottish 1889 ( Cinderella ) tale, Kate Crackernuts, read by Comedian Jacob Craig.

Interview with children's and fairytale author, Vita Murrow.

'Cinderella' from the book 'Power to the Princess', written by Vita Murrow and illustrated by Julia Bereciartu. Read by Charles Ross Episode is brought to you with the permission of the Author and Quarto Knows.

Cap O Rushes by Joseph Jacobs read by Paul Shortt

Pepelyouga by Woislav M Petrovitch read by Matthew Payne

The Hearth Cat by Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso, read by David MacPherson.

Brian Linds reads The Twelve Months - A Slav Legend ( Czech Cinderella )

Jamie: A Transgender Cinderella Story. Written by Olly Pike, read by John Threlfall.

Dave Morris reads the Norwegian Cinderella tale ' Katie Woodencloak'

Brian Richmond reads 'The Little Glass Slipper ( Cinderella )' by Charles Perrault

Find out why Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' is a LGBTQ story.

The Little Mermaid read by Ryan Gladstone

The Little Girl And The Winter Whirlwinds read by Morgan Cranny

The She Wolf, Princess Isabella read by Rob King

The True Story of Princess Elisabeth of Austria, read by Martin Dockery.

A history of Little Briar Rose, otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty.