by Shonna | Jul 25, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Let’s read these stories this week: 117. The Willful Child118: The Three Army Surgeons 119: The Seven Swabians120: The Three Apprentices Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Willful Child Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Seven Swabians
by Shonna | Jul 22, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
In a fairy tale, if you want to marry a princess, you’ve got a lot of work ahead of you. You will be asked to demonstrate great strength, wisdom, and the ability to get along with others. Also, patience, long-suffering, and above all else, courage. Grimm’s Fairy...
by Shonna | Jul 19, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Some interesting stories this week: 113: The Two Kings’ Children114: The Cunning Little Tailor or The Story of a Clever Tailor115: The Bright Sun Brings it to Light 116: The Blue Light
by Shonna | Jul 13, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
A common fairy tale trope is for a king to give away his daughter in marriage to a man who can perform some extraordinary feat: kill the dragon terrorizing the land (The Two Brothers), find some impossibly lost object (The Queen Bee) or, as a reward for kindness....
by Shonna | Jul 8, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
These are the stories we’re reading this week: 109: The Shroud110: The Jew Among Thorns111: The Skillful Huntsman112: The Flail from Heaven
