Snow White and Other Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm

Among the most beloved tales of childhood, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm have enchanted generations of children. Now 11 of the best stories have been collected in this handy volume. In addition to the title story, the selections include "The Brave Little Tailor," "The Elves and the Shoemaker," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "Jorinda and Joringel," "The Fisherman and His Wife," and five more.
Reprinted here in large, easy-to-read type and accompanied by six original illustrations specially created for this edition, these time-honored stories will delight both children and adults with their colorful evocation of a timeless world of elves, giants, wicked witches, handsome princes, and beautiful maidens.

Genres: Audiobook

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 17, 2012

About the author

German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Sapna Bulchandani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revisiting these stories as an adult feels like reuniting with an old friend: comforting, enlightening, and a little bittersweet, knowing how much time has passed yet how the magic remains unchanged.

I now see layers in these stories that my younger self missed—moral nuances, the darker undertones of certain fables, and the complexity of their characters.

[Max Anadon · Rating 3 out of 5]

11 short stories from the Grimm brothers including Snow White and The Goose Girl. One or more stories could be read for bedtime to young children.

[JoReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Grimm bothers told many stories that we still know and love today, and although they're stort and lack in detail, sometimes. They really stand the test of time and have thousands, if not millions of retellings. Would probably have higher stars if they had a little more detail. (And if Snow White wasn't 7) 😬

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The extra bits are great!

[Stacie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not really care for these stories. In some it seemed liked it tried to one up itself as it went, seeing how ridiculous it could go. Not all stories had a moral after it, so it was hard to see the point of them, besides the very basic. The Fisherman and his wife, all I could get from that is don't be greedy. The first Snow White had a lot in common with "The Three Bears" in the begininng. The stories has had details and dragged on where it didn't need to. When the fairy in Sleeping Beauty put everyone to sleep, it listed about 20 different kinds of characters that she put the spell on.

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed listening to the original version of many fairy tales however the narrator was so-so. Also I probably would have rated it higher if maybe I had just listened to 1 or 2 a day. However I was on a longer car trip and after the 10th fairy tale I was somewhat over them.

I would definitely go back and re-read these in the future though!

[Brooke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting to hear the Grimm stories. So many familiar ones and then others I'd never or barely heard of. Made me super curious as to why the handful are in there that are not very well known. Also, Hansel and Gretel and Little Tom Thumb are almost exactly the same for the first 2/3rds of the story.