Little Brother & Little Sister
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
Fairy tales
Books-A-Millions
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.
As many stories start, there is an evil step mother to a brother and a sister. The siblings ran away so they could live happily together. The evil step mother tricked the mother into a roebuck. They lived happily in the woods together, human sister and roebuck brother, until the king and his guard were on a hunting trip.
After some events, the king finds the sister and marries her.
Will the evil queen stand for his? What will happen to roebuck brother? What about the one-eyed daughter of the evil step mother? What about the child?!
This story is so cute. I think it is a well told story. It has some graphic things that can be overlooked. Lessons? None, unless keeping your siblings close and take care of them.
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