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Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations. When they began in 1812 they had just 86 stories that rather harshly reflected the difficult life of European peasantry. Subsequent editions would grow to hold over 200 tales. As time passed, the Brothers Grimm found that their collection of fairy tales, with all of its royalty, magical creatures,...
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This book, Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Rie Cramer' forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration and classic children's literature. The fantastic collection contains over 50 of the Grimm's most loved fairy tales including; The Wolf and Seven Little Kids, Little Bother and Little Sister, The Seven Ravens, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Six Swans, Little Red Cap, Little Briar Rose, Clever Hans and many...
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Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations. When they began in 1812 they had just 86 stories that rather harshly reflected the difficult life of the European peasantry. Subsequent editions would grow to hold over 200 tales. As time passed, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, with all of its royalty, magical creatures, and brave adventures,...
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The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales contains the best-loved bedtime stories for children worldwide that have been enjoyed for the better part of two centuries. Originally collected by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, these German linguists and cultural researchers gathered legendary folklore and aimed to share the stories exactly as they heard them. This volume features all of your favorite tales, including "Hansel and Gretel," "Cinderella," "The...
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Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her. This story is followed by forty eight other European fairy tales in this volume of Grim's tales.
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Cinderella and thirty seven other tales are featured in this volume of timeless European tales. Cinderella is a story of a beautiful young girl who lives with her step mother and two vain and selfish sisters. She is made to work day and night in menial chores until her Fairy Godmother magically appears and transforms Cinderella to the young lady she was by birth.
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In order to make himself appear more important, a miller lies to a king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands that she spin the straw into gold by morning. Rumpelstiltskin is one of the fifty European fairy tales featured in this volume of Grim's Fairy tales.
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Snow White is one of the thirty five European fairy tales featured in this volume of Grim's tales. Snow White is one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide. Snow White, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the seven dwarfs; the queen feeds her a poison apple, but prince charming awakens her with a kiss.
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Little Red Riding Hood, a French fairy tale about a young girl and a big bad wolf and thirty three other European tales are featured in this volume of Grimm's tales. Little Red Riding Hood story follows a mean wolf that wants to eat the little girl but is afraid to do so in public. He secretly stalks her behind trees, bushes, and patches of tall grass. He approaches Little Red Riding Hood and she naïvely tells him where she is going.
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ONCE UPON A TIME will be a re-issue of classic fairy tales by the Grimm brothers that will also function as a loose tie-in to the ABC fall 2011 show "Once Upon a Time," featuring 40 public domain translations of Grimm brother tales. The show has a 13-episode order for the fall 2011 season, and premieres on October 23, running through mid-February. It will air on Sunday nights at 8pm. The show's story centers on a woman who is the long-lost daughter...
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La presente antología, un clásico de la literatura infantil, reúne algunas de las obras más conocidas en cualquier rincón de este planeta, con independencia del idioma utilizado, como La Cenicienta, Hansel y Gretel, Pulgarcito, Blancanieves, El gato con botas, Caperucita Roja, La Bella Durmiente del Bosque, El sastrecillo valiente, Los músicos de Bremen, El lobo y los siete cabritillos…
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