Jacob Grimm

When six of her seven kids are swallowed by a wicked wolf, Old Mother Goat devises a way to rescue them.

This edition of Tales from Grimm is a fantastic selection of 16 stories, decorated with Wanda Gág's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', and 'Rumpelstiltskin'. Wanda Gág (1893 – 1946), was an American artist, author, translator and illustrator, who won many awards for her intricate and ethereal black-and-white...

"When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in...

Little Red Riding Hood learn valuable lessons about trusting sweet-talk and talking to strangers in her treak across the woods.

Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are among the best-loved and most famous in all of literature. What reader is not familiar with the stories "Little Red Riding Hood," "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Rapun- zel," "Rumpelstiltskin," or "Tom Thumb"? Derived from folktales that had been part of the oral storytelling tradition for centuries, these stories are acknowledged as literary landmarks that transcend their...

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

A boy the size of his father's thumb has a series of adventures, including stopping a pair of thieves, being swallowed by a cow, and tricking a wolf into bringing him back home.

A king's daughter undertakes a difficult task to rescue her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother.