《格林童话》是由德国语言学家雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟收集、整理、加工完成的德国民间文学。《格林童话》里面约有200多个故事，大部分源自民间的口头传说，其中的《灰姑娘》、《白雪公主》、《小红帽》、《青蛙王子》等童话故事较为闻名。无名氏译的这本《格林童话集（英文版）》精选了其中63个故事。

格林兄弟，是指雅格·格林（1785-1863）和威廉·格林（1786-1859）。他们是德国民间文学研究者、语言学家和民俗学家。他们搜集和编辑的《德国儿童与家庭童话集》在全世界享有盛名，通称《格林童话》，其中包括《白雪公主和七个小矮人》《睡美人》《灰姑娘》《青蛙王子》等经典故事，是世界儿童文学中的宝贵财富。

THE GOLDEN BIRD
HANS IN LUCK
JORINDA AND JORINDEL
THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS
OLD SULTAN
THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
BRIAR ROSE
THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE
THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR
THE FROG-PRINCE
CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
THE GOOSE-GIRL
THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET
RAPUNZEL
FUNDEVOGEL
THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
HANSEL AND GRETEL
THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
MOTHER HOLLE
LITTLE RED-CAP
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM!
TOM THUMB
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
CLEVER GRETEL
THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON
THE LITTLE PEASANT
FREDERICK AND CATHERINE
SWEETHEART ROLAND
SNOWDROP
THE PINK
CLEVER ELSIE
THE MISER IN THE BUSH
ASHPUTTEL
THE WHITE SNAKE
THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
THE QUEEN BEE
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
THE JUNIPER-TREE
THE TURNIP
CLEVER HANS
THE THREE LANGUAGES
THE FOX AND THE CAT
THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS
LILY AND THE LION
THE FOX AND THE HORSE
THE BLUE LIGHT
THE RAVEN
THE GOLDEN GOOSE
THE WATER OF LIFE
THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
DOCTOR KNOWALL
THE SEVEN RAVENS
THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX
THE SALAD
THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT
FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS
KING GRISLY-BEARD
IRON HANS
CAT-SKIN
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED