Jacob Grimm
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
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.
10) The six swans
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
A retelling of how the king's daughter rescues her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother.
13) Snow White
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Now, when poor Snow White found herself alone in the big forest, she didn't know which way to turn, but she knew that she must run as far from the queen as she could go. There were so many strange noises in the forest--and the towering dark trees and their looming shadows looked fierce and ominous. She felt so frightened that she didn't know what to do, but she ran like the wind over sharp stones and through bramble bushes and across mountains. Sometimes...