A Tale Dark & Grimm question

we just read Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin and my daughter got a huge kick out of it. You should check it out.

What does your seven-year-old love about it? That would help with recommendations.

There are lots of other fairy tale novels, but they aren't all anything like this one. Part of the fun of this book was the narrator's voice, so you may also want to look for books with similar narrator voices.

A couple of possible suggestions would be:
- The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children
- The Secret History of Tom Trueheart
- The fairy tale retellings of Barbara Ensor
- The Amelia Rules series by Jimmy Gownley
- The Babymouse series by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm

Good luck! And if you do find out more specifically what he/she liked about the book and is looking for in another one (sometimes they can't or won't tell you), post again and maybe you'll get even better suggestions! :)

Just incase you didn't see there so going to be a compainon novel later this year: In A Glass Grimmly

Another book that attempts to weave together classic fairy tales (and ends up with a more unique, interesting result) is "The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly. It's also rather dark and frightening, though if I remember correctly, not quite so gory and gruesome.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69...

My 9-year-old also absolutely loved this book. We have been searching in vain for something as well, so if you find anything good please let us know. We did read Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonelle which she enjoyed, I think, because the rat is such a snot and the nanny is creepy. Otherwise she is constantly reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1, 2, & 3) to herself.

The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley sounds very similar. The series is about two sisters who are descendants of the Brothers Grimm. They encounter a huge variety of fairy tale characters throughout the book. My 9 year old can't put the series down, so we are in search of a new series to read next. This may just be it...

There are, of course, the other two books in the series. And I agree, it's splenderific! The author's style is similar to Pseudonymous Bosch (the Secret Series), Lemony Snicket (Unfortunate Events) and Tom Whats-his-name, who wrote the Strange Case of the Origami Yoda. Above all, the first one. (AND EMAIL THE AUTHOR, HIS REPLY WILL BE JUST AS ENTERTAINING AS THE NOVEL)

In a Glass Grimmly
&
The Grimm Conclusion

Are books by the same author

If it the narrator that she likes, try "The Name of this Book is Secret" by Bosch. This whole series reads just like the Grimm book.

Hero's guide to saving your kingdom

Full of humor and adventure. One of my favorite stand alone books!

Here are a bunch of similar books/series I have read and loved:



And three more that are also very good, but I'm not sure I would let a seven-year-old read (they're targeted toward a bit of an older age group):



And I thought it would be fair to warn you: The following books in Adam Gidwitz's series kind of went downhill after the first one (in my opinion). :\