Intermediate and up. The stories in this comprehensive collection include very well-known tales to the more obscure. They are somewhat graphic in places (e.g. Cinderella’s stepsisters cutting into their feet to fit into the slipper, and being found out because of the inevitable trail of blood), but authentic. Good for an adult perusing the collection with a young reader, because picking and choosing might be important – though they are definitive, this is not the best collection for a young child just learning fairy tales.