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The Classic Grimm's Fairy Tales
A collection of ten classic fairy tales includes "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Snow White," "Rapunzel," "The Frog Prince," and "Hansel and Gretel"
56 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1997
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October 22, 2022
Nothing like reading the classic fairytales.
March 1, 2022
These are classic stories. These aren't ones I would read to little kids but would read with older kids. They are a little violent for a first grader.
December 2, 2014
The famous, popular story “Snow White” has been done many times, but this version by Louise Betts Egan and illustrated by Jada Rowland sparkles with energy and life and doesn’t feel the least bit overdone or stale. Though it contains the clichéd fairy tale elements of a wicked stepmother, huntsman, a house in the forest, a motif of seven, death, a prince, and a happy ending, Egan makes it exciting with glimpses into the characters’ minds, original, eloquent poetry for the magic mirror, and the use of exclamation points, which is actually rare in fairy tales even though they originate from oral traditions.
The story begins with Snow White’s mother imagining the most perfectly beautiful child when she bleeds onto snow. She dies soon after Snow White is born and is replaced by a viciously cruel woman, whose envy and fury add to the fierce pace of the story. The evil queen has a magic mirror which lets her know when Snow White’s beauty surpasses her own; she then condemns Snow White to death by knife in the forest. The huntsman shoots a deer instead, and brings back its heart. Snow White happens upon a cute, clean cottage with seven beds, and the next morning is invited to live with the seven dwarfs. The queen’s mirror reveals that Snow White is still alive, so she disguises herself as a peasant and tricks Snow White into eating a poisoned apple, which appears to kill her. The dwarfs put her in a glass coffin, where she stays for many years until a prince comes to the forest and falls in love with her. He begs the dwarfs to let him take her back to his castle (for good reasons…), but while they are moving the coffin, it falls and a piece of apple is dislodged from Snow White’s throat. She and the prince are married, and the queen learns that Snow White is still fairer than she. The story ends with the evil queen smashing the magic mirror and then dying after her heart is also shattered.
The illustrations are what make this version so beguiling; Jada Rowland’s dreamy, pastel-coloured, cool-toned watercolour illustrations depict the story in a very unique way, even though Snow White still conforms to the traditional white skin, black hair, and red lips. She looks very young and angelic, and has long, loose locks. The Classic Grimm’s Fairy Tales picture book has many unique styles of illustration, but “Snow White” definitely has the most fitting and original artwork.
May 18, 2015
The Classic Grimm’s Fairy Tales is a compilation of several fairy tales into one children’s book. I chose to analyze the classic tale of Rumpelstiltskin. The story begins with the father promising the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold. When she arrives at the castle, she begins to weep, then suddenly a dwarf shows up and told her he would spin the straw into gold. As the king became more greetly, the girl promises more belongings in exchange for him to spin gold. She even promises her first born child. Instead of giving her first born child, the queen has to guess his name. Is she able to solve the riddle? An interested reader will have to read the book in order to find out! I would recommend this book to children in grade preschool to fourth.
September 25, 2010
Fun, but not as fun as I remembered.
September 4, 2016
Classic fairy tales retold with beautiful illustrations.
April 18, 2020
These tales are certainly closer to the original fairytales. The pictures are fairly average, but the stories were well done.
September 7, 2010
i think i'm little older but i obssesed with fairy tales special the brithers grimm <3
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