by Shonna | Aug 10, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
I’ve commented before how many of the Grimm’s fairy tales are like retellings of other Grimm’s tales. We read versions of the same story elements over and over. This week’s readings contain more examples of plot elements from other stories being re-used in a new...
by Shonna | Aug 7, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Our stories for this week: 125: The Devil and His Grandmother126: Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful 127: The Iron Stove128: The Lazy Spinner Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Devil and His Grandmother Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Ferdinand the Faithful...
by Shonna | Aug 3, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
In our reading of Grimm so far, we’ve come across several types of trees. This week we read about two kinds. But first, a walk through the orchard in Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Hazel tree In Cinderella, Cinderella’s father gives her a twig from a hazel bush (the first twig...
by Shonna | Aug 1, 2019 | reading challenge
Here are the stories for this week: 121: The King’s Son Who Feared Nothing122: Donkey Cabbages123: The Old Woman in the Wood124: The Three Brothers
by Shonna | Jul 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
Most of the time we focus on the main characters in the story, but side characters, secondary characters, sidekicks, etc. add so much to a tale. Whether they’re bringing comic relief or a plot twist, we love our side characters. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Three...
