Paul Zelinsky, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Dutton Books $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-45607-0
Zelinsky (Swamp Angel) does a star turn with this breathtaking interpretation of a favorite fairy tale. Daringly--and effectively--mimicking the masters of Italian Renaissance painting, he creates a primarily Tuscan setting. His Rapunzel, for...
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Edited by Noel Daniel, trans. from the German by Matthew P. Price and Noel Daniel. Taschen, $39.99 (320p) ISBN 978-3-8365-2672-2
This gorgeous treasury pairs new translations of 27 of the Grimm brothers’ fairy tales with vintage illustrations dating from the 1820s to the 1950s. Brief introductions offer insight into the symbolism, themes, and contemporary relevance of each...
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Edited and trans. from the German by Maria Tatar. Norton, $35 (552p) ISBN 978-0-393-08886-1
The 200th anniversary of the publication of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Children's Stories and Household Tales is the occasion for Tatar, a Harvard professor and leading fairytale scholar, to expand her annotated translation of selected tales (initiall
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Barbara Rogasky, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0454-4
Trina Schart Hyman fans will be glad to know that Rapunzel, retold by Barbara Rogasky, originally published in 1982, is back in print. The artist frames her dark and dramatic full-page and vignette illustrations in repeated pattern borders, and...
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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, 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, 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 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 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 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 $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 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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Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Maurice Sendak, Illustrator, Maurice Sendak, Photographer Farrar Straus Giroux $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-31762-1
Preserved in a letter written to a young girl, Mili, in 1816 and not discovered until 1983, the Grimm story is prefaced by a tender address in which he underscores the story's message: although there are many obstacles that can prevent people from...
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Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Gennady Spirin, Author Philomel Books $14.95 (31p) ISBN 978-0-399-21873-6
Every detail of this intricately illustrated volume seems to extol the triumph of beauty and purity, as symbolized by the lovely, fragile rose. Floral garlands adorn the book inside and out, and heart-shaped rosette wreaths frame each page number....
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, read by a full cast. Listening Library, , unabridged, 3 CDs, 3.5 hrs., $19.99 ISBN 978-0-14-752636-6
A talented cast of veteran audio narrators brings this classic collection of fairy tales to life. For generations, children have been captivated by the tales set down by the Grimm brothers. Twenty-one classics are represented here. Some, such as “Rap
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Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Josephine Poole, Editor Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-679-82656-9
Exquisite endpapers set the tone for this elegant version of one of the most-loved fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm: a leafless ebony tree stands in stark relief against a sweeping expanse of snow, the whiteness of which is marred by a single drop...
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Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Hans Wilhelm, Editor Scholastic $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-44795-9
The trademark lighthearted, somewhat cartoony watercolors by Wilhelm, himself a Bremen native, imbues this blithe retelling with a timeless, fairy-tale setting. A better choice for young readers than P. K. Page's version of the story (reviewed below)
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Eric A. Kimmel, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1383-6
This faithful retelling of the Grimms' tale about a confident tailor who becomes a king boasts many appealing garnishes. After a tailor kills seven flies with one swipe, he embroiders the words ""Seven at One Blow"" on his belt and sets out to...
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