Grimm. (2012). "Sleeping Beauty." Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales. New York: Fall River Press.

This fairytale is also similar to the Disney version. In fact, it is one of the most similar to the Disney version than all other fairy tales. One difference is that 13 wise women were invited to the feast in celebration of the king and queen's new baby girl. However, the king and queen only had 12 golden plates, so one of the wise women was left out of the celebration. This one wise woman left out of the celebration is the woman who curses the baby girl. Another difference is that as the 100 years set in for the kingdom to be asleep, the castle is covered by thorns, which is why the girl is also known as Briar Rose. On the 100th year the king's son comes just as the spell is broken and falls in love with the princess. In other words, the true love's kiss is not in the original story.
This fairytale could be used to talk about aspects of a fairytale. Most people assume that fairy tales have love stories in which the hero saves the maiden. However, one lesson could be to discuss how this fairytale challenges that notion because the princess would have woken up regardless of the prince coming.
This fairytale could also, once again, be used with a few of the other fairy tales to compare and contrast this original version with the Disney version.
The following is a link to a modernized version of Sleeping Beauty that could be used to aid students who are struggling with the vocabulary and word choices within Grimm's version: http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/sleeping-beauty/story.htm

The following is a link to an Android app that will be applicable to many of the Grimm's fairy tales: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.storytoys.GrimmsSleepingBeauty.GooglePlay&hl=en