I used these resources when researching the annotations for this fairy tale. Most should be available through your local library, but I have included links to the titles on Amazon.com for further reading.
Altman, Anna E. and Gail de Vos. Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
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Ashliman, D. L. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
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Barnhart, C. L. The American College Dictionary. New York: Random House, 1960.
Bernheimer, Kate. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Women Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales. New York: Anchor Books, 1998.
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Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage Books, 1975.
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Biedermann, Hans. Dictionary of Symbolism. James Hulbert, translator. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1996.
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Bremen Tourism. "The Bremen Town Musicians". Bremen Information. No copyright. 31 Aug 2006. <http://www.bremen-tourism.de/english/k1-rubrik_unter.cfm?index=864>
Bremen Tourism. "The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen". Bremen Information. No copyright. 31 Aug 2006. <http://www.bremen-tourism.de/english/k1-rubrik_unter.cfm?index=1>
Cashdan, Sheldon. The Witch Must Die. New York: Basic, 1999.
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Chevalier, Jean and Alain Gheerbrant. A Dictionary of Symbols, Second Edition. Translated by John Buchanan-Brown. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.
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Comfort, David. The First Pet History of the World. New York: Fireside, 1994.
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de Vos, Gail and Anna E. Altmann. New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
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Einfield, Jann, ed. Fairy Tales. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001.
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Evans, Ivor. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994.
Internet Movie Database. URL: http://www.imdb.org. Accessed on July 8, 2004.
Leach, Maria. Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore Mythology and Legend. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1949.
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Murphy, Bruce, ed. Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
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The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1990 Edition. New York: Lexicon Publications, 1990.
Olderr, Steven. Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1986.
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The Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus. 2nd Ed. New York: Berkley Books, 2001.
Propp, Vladimir. Morphology of the Folktale. Austin: University of Texas, 1968.
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Tater, Maria. The Annotated Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.
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Tatar, Maria M., ed. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.
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Tatar, Maria M. The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton: Princeton University, 1987.
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Thompson, Stith. The Folktale. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1946.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. "On Fairy Stories." Tree and Leaf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
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Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic. Little Rock: August House, 2000.
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Zipes, Jack. Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1979.
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Zipes, Jack. editor. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University, 2000.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. When Dreams Come True. London: Routledge, 1998.
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