The Fairytale Doll Book by Valerie Janitch is a great book for fairytale character sets. It contins full size patterns that are simple to trace out and not too complex. It was published by David and Charles Craft Books in 1988 and is 128 pages.

Fairytale characters include: The Three Bears and Goldilocks, Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party, Nutcracker and Sugar Plum Fairy, Cinderella and Her Fairy Godmother, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan and Wendy, Sleaping Beauty and the Prince. There are also furniture patterns to go with the sets.

The instructions are well written and there are color pictures of the various characters. You can probably find it on Amazon.com or Ebay.