Walt Disney and the Grimm Brothers used their talents, and, with help, became some of the most famous children's literature writers and business owners of all time. Many children have read Grimm Brothers' fairy tales and watched Walt Disney's films and cartoons. The creators have used their tales, films, and cartoons not only during their lives, but even now.

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 to a German-Irish-Canadian-American family who lived in Chicago, Illinois. He had three brothers and one sister. His mother was a German-American woman named Flora Call Disney. His father was an Irish-Canadian man named Elias Disney (Encarta Encyclopedia 2).

After a few years, Elias Disney moved his family to a farm near Marceline, Missouri. This was when Walt started taking an interest in drawing and developed a love for animals. He sold his first sketches to some of his neighbors when he was seven years old (Encarta Encyclopedia 2).

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm in Hanau, Germany. Jacob was born on January 4, 1785 and Wilhelm on February 24, 1786. Their parents were Philipp Wilhelm Grimm and Dorothea Grimm. Philipp and Dorothea had nine children together. In 1971, the

Grimm family moved to Steinau. Five years later, in 1976, Philipp Wilhelm Grimm died at the age of 44. At this time, Jacob was eleven years old and Wilhelm was about to be ten (Grimm Brothers' Home Page 1).

On May 15, 1825, Wilhelm married Henriette Dorothea Wild at the age of 39. Together they had three children: Karl, Jacob, and Agnes. Both Jacob and Agnes died in the same year. This marriage provided both Jacob and Wilhelm with many folktale texts. (The Brothers Grimm 95)

Disney married Lillian Bounds, one of his first employees, on July 13, 1925 in Lewiston, Idaho. "They were blessed with two daughters, Diane, married to Ron Miller, former USC football star, and former Vice President - Executive Producers at the studio; and Sharon, wife of William S. Lund, an executive with Economics Research Associates, an international management consulting firm headquartered in Los Angeles." (Encarta Encyclopedia 2) Diane and Ron Miller had seven children: Christopher, Joanna Sharon, Tamara, Jennifer, Walter Elias Disney, Ronald William, Jr., and Patrick. Sharon and William Lund had only three children: Victoria Diane and twins, Bradford Disney and Michelle Ann. (Disney A to Z 142-143)

Walt Disney's greatest creation and probably one of children's most beloved characters of all time, Mickey Mouse was created in 1928. His talents were first used in a silent cartoon called "Plane Crazy". "However, before the cartoon could be released, sound burst upon the motion picture screen. "Thus, Mickey made his screen debut in "Steamboat Willie," the world's first sound cartoon, which premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York on November 18, 1928."(Encarta Encyclopedia 2) Walt Disney once said, "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known."(Walt Disney's Animated Characters 23-24) In all, there were 120 Mickey Mouse cartoons. (Encarta Encyclopedia 2)

The Grimm Brothers' folktales are still read by little children today. And without some help from Walt Disney, some tales may have never been heard of. Some of their most famous tales are Snow White, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and many other tales.

Wilhelm Carl Grimm died on December 16, 1859, at the age of 73. His brother Jacob died September 20,

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