by Shonna | Apr 4, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
The following are this week’s Grimm stories for the #GRIMMread2019. We’re reading through all of Grimm’s Fairy Tales this year, slowly but surely! 53: Little Snow White54: The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn55: Rumpelstiltskin56: Sweetheart...
by Shonna | Mar 30, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge, Teaching Writing
Grimm’s fairy tales are told in omniscient POV where the “camera” is viewing everything from the outside. The result is an impersonal, objective way of storytelling. We don’t know the internal dialogue or feelings of the characters other than what we imagine them to...
by Shonna | Mar 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge, Spindle
This week we’re reading some more popular stories: 49: The Six Swans50: Little Briar-Rose (see also Sleeping Beauty)51: Foundling-Bird52: King Thrushbeard
by Shonna | Mar 23, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
I’ve tried to avoid blogging about the grim parts of the Brother’s Grimm fairy tales, but this week is almost impossible. I could talk about the goofy stories we read this week instead: how dogs fare very well in these fairy tales, and Old Sultan is no exception....
by Shonna | Mar 19, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Dipping back into a bit of comedy and a bit of horror with Grimm this week…. 45: Thumbling’s Travels 46: Fitcher’s Bird47: The Juniper Tree48: Old Sultan
