Wilhelm Grimm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A new Grimm tale, part of a letter written by Wilhelm to a little girl in 1816, came to light in 1983. A mother sends her daughter into the forest to save her from a terrible war. There she finds refuge with St. Joseph.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Author
Language
English
Description
The primal beating heart at the center of much of the Western literary canon can be found in the folk stories, myths, and fairy tales collected by the amateur folklorists Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. Surprisingly graphic in comparison to their sanitized twentieth-century retellings, these intense tales are not for the faint at heart. A must-read for any fan of folklore.
Author
Language
English
Description
210 traditional tales with accompanying explanatory and historical material.
For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children -- and adults -- learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of more than 200 enchanting characters...
13) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1982]
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Retells the tale of the beautiful girl imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children's and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman, one of the most accomplished authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.
"Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children's and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman, one of the most accomplished authors of our time, makes us fall in...