by Shonna | Jul 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Let’s talk enchanted castles this week. In our read-through of Grimm’s Fairy tales, we’ve come across several enchanted castles already. Previously, I’d only thought about Sleeping Beauty (suspended animation) and Beauty and the Beast (animated furniture in the Disney...
by Shonna | Jul 2, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hope everyone is having a fun summer. We’ve got some interesting reading this week: 105: Tales of the Paddock106: The Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat107: The Two Travelers108: Hans My Hedgehog Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Tales of the Paddock Grimms’...
by Shonna | Jun 29, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
As I work my way through Grimm, I’m also keeping a Pinterest board divided by fairy tale. Some fairy tale boards are easy to fill with illustrations. Others, not so much. There are several tales with empty boards….or boards that only contain pins from the...
by Shonna | Jun 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hard to believe we’ve already broken into the 100s. Almost halfway there. 101: Bearskin102: The Willow Wren and the Bear103: Sweet Porridge104: Wise Folks Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Willow Wren and the Bear Grimms’ Fairy Tales:...
by Shonna | Jun 22, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Dwarfs are interesting fairy tale characters. In Snow White, they are presented as human dwarfs, living in a cottage in the woods and working in mining of gold and minerals. But in other stories, they are presented more as magical creatures. For instance, in one of...
