Our Lady's Child
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
Fairy tales
Books-A-Million
2012
Hardcover
977
For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of more than 200 enchanting characters included here. Lyrically translated and beautifully illustrated, the tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging.
WrensReads Review:
I have the complete set of the Grimm Fairy-Tales, and there are so many that I haven’t read! They are very short, as one would know, so I have decided to read each one and give them a review. Some are very vulgar, some are very cute and some don’t even make sense. Some of them are well known fairy-tales and some have never been told. Some are fairy-tales we know but are not the same because they have been downplayed for the children.
This story should be told to kids!
This story is about obedience and admitting when you do something wrong.
A little girl is taken by Mother Mary to heaven and is given the thirteen keys to each part of heaven. She is told not to open the thirteenth door, but she does anyway but never admits that she does.
She is vanquished from heaven and put in the woods of earth. She has three chances to admit what she did wrong, and she never does until she is about to be killed for a sin she did not commit. She finally admits it and is given a happy life.
This story can tell someone about what it means to lie vs. what it means to admit you lied. It is freeing to tell the truth even if it hurts someone you love.
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