Introduction: I have known fairy tales since I was a child. I grew up watching all the Disney movies. My father also read and told my sister and me bedtime stories that were fairy tales. When I was younger, I dressed up as princesses like Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” and “Cinderella.” I have always loved fairy tales because they are magical and girls like me admired princesses and had crushes on princes. I would like to know more about fairy tales and the authors who wrote them. Even in 2013, little girls grow up watching films and learning about these princesses. Fairy tales influence our lives and those of our younger generations. After all, the world of Disney is full of princes and princesses from our favorite fairy tales. I believe we are writing these articles so that we can gain more knowledge about the stories. These stories circulate and will circulate for a long, long time. Stories are important to us because they are passed down from generation to generation and teach us morals. Every fairy tale, for the most part, has an important moral that teaches us all something. If we are told these stories when we are young, we can learn the morals very early in our lives. Stories have an incredible impact on us and our daily lives. We have an entire theme park, Disney World, dedicated to fairy tales, folk tales and fables. The Research: Over the last month and a half I've done a lot of research on fairy tales and I've learned more than I ever thought I would. We were given three topics; fairy tales, folktales and fables, and were asked to choose one of these three topics to research further. I chose fairy tales and my in-depth research into fairy tales began. Using the Encyclopedia Britannica Only... half of the paper ......f Enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales. New York: Vintage Books, 1976. Bottigheimer, Ruth B. “Fairy Tales and Fables.” Fables, fairy tales. Encyclopedia of children and childhood in history and society. Network. 19 January 2014. Internet Database. Cinderella. Clyde Geronimi. Ilene Woods and Verna Felton. Walt Disney. 1950. DVD.Hamrick, Jon. “Fairy tales, fables and folk tales”. Personal interview. January 3, 2014Heiner, Heidi A. "SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Annotated Fairy Tales, Storybooks, and Illustrations." SurLaLune fairy tales: commented fairy tales, storybooks and illustrations. Stories by SurLaLune. Network. January 19, 2014. Internet.Redies Database, Sunje. “Return with New Complexities: Robert Coover's Briar Rose.” Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit, Gale, 2007. Student Resources in Context. Network. 20 December 2013. Internet database.