Naomi Lewis, Editor, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Lidia Postma, Illustrator Dial Books $14.95 (99p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0237-0
These are rich, graphic versions of 14 famous fairy tales, replete with beheadings, doves that peck out the eyes of the wicked, stepsisters who cut off parts of their feet to fit Cinderella's wayward slipper, kings who fall in love with their...
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Rika Lesser, Author, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Brothers Grimm, Author Putnam Publishing Group $7.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-399-21725-8
This magnificently illustrated Caldecott Honor book features an understated retelling of the classic tale. Ages 3-8. (May)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author Canongate Books $0 (159p) ISBN 978-0-86241-066-7
These are actual selections of little-known stories from the brothers' vast collection, full of horrifying touches, such as a particular liver being eaten and vomited several times in the course of a tale. Nearly all the stories are solidly told,...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Alison Sage, Author, Brothers Grimm, Author Dial Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0908-9
This new rendition of the Grimm classic comes up short when compared to Paul Zelinsky's Caldecott Honor version. The retelling, in an odd mix of formal and familiar tones, downplays the story's essential magic, mystery and suspense. Spirin's ( Once...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, North-South, Author, Books North-South, Author NorthSouth $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-140-1
This book retells the familiar tale of four aging animals who set out for Bremen determined to make their living as musicians. The volume's high point is the effulgent artwork by Watts, who has also illustrated such classics as The Fir Tree and The...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, H. Sauvant, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-458-7
In one of the Grimms' more unsettling tales, a father's idle curse turns seven brothers into ravens, and their young sister, feeling responsible, sets out to find them. En route, she confronts a hostile sun (which ``ate little children'') and an...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Philip H. Bailey, Author, G. Bishop, Author NorthSouth $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-55858-335-1
Modifying one of the Grimm Brothers' classics, first-time author Bailey preserves its 19th-century mood and mores. Likewise, Bishop's (Chicken Licken) shadowy, cross-hatched ink-and-watercolor illustrations return to an earlier era, depicting a...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, B. Schroeder, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-997-1
This oversize edition treats the classic tale to a graceful translation and eerily haunting illustrations. Ages 5-8. (Nov.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Bernadette Watts, Illustrator, Wilhelm Grimm, With Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (25p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0738-1
Rose Red and Snow White live in a humble forest cottage with their mother, a pet lamb and a dove. One night they welcome a stranger into their home, a bear as ""tall and wide as the doorway,'' who returns each night to warm himself by the fire. When
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Trina Schart Hyman, Illustrator, Barbara Rogasky, Adapted by Holiday House $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0552-7
Based on a Grimm fairy tale, Rogasky's elegant text portrays the age-old battle between Goodness and Evil. Three sons seek the Water of Life, which will cure the illness of their father, the king, but only the youngest is pure enough of heart to...
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Illus. by Clémentine. Little Gestalten (Prestel, dist.), $16.95 (28p) ISBN 978-3-89955-723-7
The story of Little Red Riding Hood unfolds in an accordion-style, postcard-size book with paper-cut scenes that make striking use of contrasting black, white, and red. The format lets readers open the book so that the story reads as a long ...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Margot Zemach, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-42326-1
A robust translation of the classic tale, with Zemach's charmed paintings of the carnival-like events. Ages 3-up. (September)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Laura Geringer, Author HarperCollins Publishers $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-023552-9
The poetic, immediate style of this deeply satisfying adaptation honors the Grimm tradition. To the original tale about a girl who sets out to rescue her seven older brothers, turned into ravens by their father's unwitting curse, Geringer (A Three...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Nancy E. Burkert, Illustrator Sunburst Books $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-46868-2
A stunning version of the Grimms' classic story. All ages. (September)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author Viking Children's Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-81741-2
This elaborate pageant is sparked by a Grimm tale not often seen in picture-book form. A king's son fails in a task set for him by the wild man Iron Hans, who exiles the boy from his forest home with a promise to come to his aid when called. Though...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Jean-Francois Martin, Illustrator Abbeville Kids $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7892-0421-9
These four classics illustrated by French artists, components of the Little Pebbles series, appear in an inviting design and intimate trim size. Each volume delivers a well-known story with evocative artwork. For Little Red Riding Hood, Martin...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Dorothee Duntze, Illustrator , illus. by Dorothée Duntze, trans. by Anthea Bell. North-South $16.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7358-2013-5
As with her artwork for The Emperor's New Clothes
, Duntze's fanciful illustrations add enchanting new dimensions to this well-loved tale. A wordless spread of the witch's glorious garden makes manifest the compulsion by her pregnant...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, D. Duntze, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-982-7
In this faithful translation of the Brothers Grimm, Duntze (The Twelve Dancing Princesses) explores themes of fear and silence with a somber palette and refined, elongated figures. Lost deep in a forest, a king promises a witch that he will marry...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, D. Duntze, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-216-3
Using a light touch and a fanciful, indeterminate setting (is it medieval? is it Edwardian? is it Venetian?), Duntze freshens up an old favorite, the tale of a crafty soldier who outwits a dozen princesses determined to dance the night away. Her...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, B. Watts, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1099-0
Watts complements a classic folktale with a quaint, warmly detailed country setting and cast of bipedal animals. Ages 5-8. (Apr.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, B. Watts, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-694-9
Watts's ""effulgent"" artwork, with detailed, scrawly renderings of villages and woodland scenes, add a rustic charm to two classic tales. Ages 5-8. (Apr.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Janet Stevens, Author Holiday House $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0939-6
One may question the need for yet another rendering of this Brothers Grimm tale of the four aging animals who set out for Bremen to start life anew as musicians, yet who end up residing happily in a cottage whose inhabitants--three robbers--they...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, B. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-634-5
Monstrous giants fight to the death and a disagreeable hero wins the throne in this ironic Grimm story, ghoulishly illustrated in hues of fire and brimstone. The ""little tailor"" of the title is not so much a brave underdog as a cocky and devious...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Jane Ray, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45595-0
Nobody knows how to party like these 12 princesses who first twinkled their toes in a Brothers Grimm tale. These young ladies manage to hide their wild nights out from everyone--especially their father, who would never allow such behavior. But each...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-44049-7
Sendak's illustrations, of a boy and girl acting out the tale, give a humorous illumination to the 1823 translation. Ages 3-up. (June)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-617-8
Wispy, pebble-textured pastels gentle this fairy-tale favorite. Ages 5-8. (Dec.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45118-1
Verve and humor infuse a retelling of a little-known tale from the Brothers Grimm, then are reflected and multiplied in wonderfully detailed artwork. When Bear insults the king of the birds' fledglings (``You look like plain old nasty children to me'
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-32695-1
From the lighter side of the Brothers Grimm, this happy tale of luck and folly receives wonderfully puckish treatment from Shulevitz (who manages to reprise the hilarious contraption he created for The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship). After...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050753-9
Heyer interprets a tale from the Brothers Grimm with a series of ""luxuriously detailed, dreamlike tableaux,"" said PW. Ages 4-up. (Aug.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author NorthSouth $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-3-85539-004-5
This is the classic and beloved tale in which the youngest son, powerless and underappreciated in his family, gains wealth and love through an act of kindness. Smooth and unabridged, the telling carries the full flavor of the original. And as usual,
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-394-89859-9
Originally published in Britain, this is a moody, intense version of the fairy tale that Browne has infused with modern references, heightening the uncanny aspects of an already frightening story. Famine has struck, and the father is persuaded by a...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, J. Grimm, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-475-4
Superheroes are not an invention of American comic books, as is amply proven by this not-so-well-known tale from Grimm. Only with superhuman help can a prince accomplish the surprisingly difficult task of leaving home and marrying. After a seven-year
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Bernadette Watts, Author NorthSouth $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-768-7
Helpful elves reward a virtuous shoemaker in a large-format retelling with ""exceptional"" pictures; ""Watts's warm, luminous illustrations provide the perfect counterpart to Tolstoy's lovely, mystical story,"" praised PW. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Brothers Grimm, Author, Gennady Spirin, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11585-9
The well-known fairy tale about two lovely sisters and a friendly bear contains ""superbly executed paintings [that] enhance the story's grandeur,"" said PW. ""The book's handsome design adds to its Old World allure."" Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Brothers Grimm, Author, Kris Waldherr, Illustrator Dial Books $12.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0654-5
This story from the Brothers Grimm receives a classic treatment; a lyrical text and haunting illustrations full of mood express the quintessential longing of the tale. In Waldherr's rendering, Rapunzel's tresses--like the heroine herself--have the...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Wilhelm K. Grimm, Author, Maurice Sendak, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $28 (352p) ISBN 978-0-374-33971-5
Maurice Sendak's illustrations grace The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, trans. by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell, and originally published 30 years ago. This elegant collector's edition; also with a bound-in ribbon placeholder, includes
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Dorothee Duntze, Illustrator, Anthea Bell, Translator NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1422-6
Dorothe Duntze memorializes another fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm with a palette readers can almost taste in Hansel and Gretel. The gingerbread house looks truly scrumptious, the woods seem foreboding indeed.
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Lisbeth Zwerger, Illustrator, Jacob W. Grimm, Joint Author Picture Book Studio Ltd $16 (24p) ISBN 978-0-88708-068-5
Working from a faithful translation of the original text, Zwerger has created rosy-cheeked, appealing children who look as if they have just descended the Alps. The witch, by contrast, is a shapeless, fiery-eyed ghoul with real scare potential, but...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Eric A. Kimmel, Author, Trina Schart Hyman, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1073-6
The duo that created Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins reunites for this Robert Bly-inspired retelling of a tale from the Brothers Grimm. A prince named Walter frees the wild man Iron John, caged by Walter's royal father, and joins him in the woods....
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Charles Santore, Author, Charles Santore, Illustrator Random House (NY) $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-20071-1
For this self-consciously lavish volume, Santore (Aesop's Fables; The Wizard of Oz) borrows the Brothers Grimm version of the familiar tale, then reimagines it through his naturalistic, sentimental paintings. He places the wicked queen's castle amid
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Dennis McDermott, Author, Dennis McDermott, Retold by HarperCollins $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-11402-2
Fittingly, a golden glow bathes McDermott's (Oom Razoom; The Flying Ship) acrylic and pencil art in this version of the lively Brothers Grimm tale (for a Hungarian version, see Ellin Greene and Rosanne Litzinger's The Little Golden Lamb, reviewed...
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Anthea Bell, Author, D. Duntze, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1198-0
Duntze's stylized, decorative paintings capture the sly wit in this classic tale. Ages 5-8. (Oct.)
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