Wilhelm Grimm

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.

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

A retelling of a classic tale in which an old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster, no longer wanted by their masters, set out for Bremen to become musicians and encounter a den of thieves.

Like Sleeping Beauty awakening from her 100-year slumber, these childhood favorites arise fresh and blooming every time they're read. This new compilation of some of the world's greatest fairy tales abounds in timeless stories of the struggle of good against evil, bravery in the face of overwhelming danger, and virtue rewarded with everlasting love. Told to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm almost two centuries ago by European storytellers, the tales possess...

A retelling of how the king's twelve daughters wear out their shoes every night while supposedly sleeping in their locked bedroom.

"A poor shoemaker wakes up to find beautiful shoes have been made during the night--but who are his secret little helpers?"--P. [4] of cover.

Selection and adaptation of seventy-five Grimm's fairy tales, as translated by Jack Zipes, and newly illustrated by Shaun Tan.

Twenty tales collected from German folklore and immortalized by the brothers Grimm.

To win a bride and a kingdom, a soldier endeavors to discover why the dancing shoes of the king's twelve daughters are worn to pieces every morning.

A beautiful girl with long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.