The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: the complete first edition

The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: the complete first edition

by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm

pages 519

 The Brothers Grimm collected folktales from all over Germany and elsewhere in Europe. Their first volume was published in 1812, and their second in 1815. The two volumes contained 156 wonderful stories. By 1850, the brothers had heavily revised and produced six editions.  This new publication from 2015, reconstructed the original two volumes in English.  It is fascinating how the stories of Hansel and Gretel, Snow White (Little Snow White), Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Cap) and many others have changed since the original collection of these stories in the 1810s. 

The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman

The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman, 352 pages

If you love dark fairy-tales, and folklore, you will love this book. It is well-written with twists and turns that will keep your head spinning. The book is very fast paced - much like Red Riding Hood - and almost as dark. It does contain some content that might not be suitable for younger readers. The publisher recommends grades 8 and up. 

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

 The Grimm Legacy  by Polly Shulman  325 pages

High school student Elizabeth is feeling lonely: her new stepmother is taking up most of her father's time and she just transferred to a new school where she doesn't have any friends. When her history teacher suggests that she get a job with the New York Circulating Material Repository, she looks forward to the new experience. The Repository is a lending library of objects - some ordinary and some possessing secret powers. Fascinated by the Grimm Collection and its magical menagerie of items taken straight out of Grimm's fairy tales, Elizabeth and her friends at the repository are entangled in a web of mystery as items and people begin to disappear! It's up to Elizabeth and her friends to solve the mystery and return the powerful artifacts to the collection.