by Shonna | Feb 26, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
33: The Three Languages34: Clever Elsie35: The Tailor in Heaven36: The Magic Table, the Gold-Donkey, and the Club in the Sack
by Shonna | Feb 23, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Two of the stories we read this week—oddly enough—involved mills, letters, and outsmarting the devil. The settings begin at mills. Letters are sent, intercepted, and switched. And the devil is outsmarted by the innocent/pure. The Girl Without Hands (Philipp Grot...
by Shonna | Feb 19, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Two months into the challenge!!! Here are the stories we’re reading this week. If you are new to the challenge, we’re following the traditional order of the stories as outlined on Wikipedia for quick reference. Read. Create. Share. 29: The Devil With the...
by Shonna | Feb 16, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
The Bremen Town Musicians Here we have another tale with humor in our year-long #GRIMMread2019. I never read this story to my children, but I would imagine it would have tickled their funny bones. My son especially enjoyed stories where the underdog tricks the bad...
by Shonna | Feb 14, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Reading list for this week: 25: The Seven Ravens26: Little Red Cap27: The Bremen Town Musicians28: The Singing Bone
by Shonna | Feb 9, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
The Riddle appears to be one of the less popular Grimm tales…basing my judgment off the number of illustrations I could find (or not find) for my Pinterest board. But it’s a classic example of a traveler’s journey. When reading it, I was reminded of books such as The...
by Shonna | Feb 5, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Huzzah! It’s the best week…Cinderella week! I may be biased since I’ve written my own Cinderella novels, but her story is probably the most well-known fairy tale and among the most popular in general. Here is what else we’re reading this week....
by Shonna | Feb 2, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Because Grimm’s fairy tales are short stories, they don’t have a lot of time to set the tone or mood of the story. One story that is a stand-out in setting the tone is The Fisherman and his Wife. Vom Fischer und seiner Frau; Darstellung von Alexander Zick (1845–1907)...
by Shonna | Jan 29, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
This week in Grimm, we’re reading: 17: The White Snake18: The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean19: The Fisherman and His Wife20: The Brave Little Tailor or The Valiant Little Tailor or The Gallant Tailor Read. Create....
by Shonna | Jan 25, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized
The fairy tale that caught my eye this week was The Three Spinning Women. Available now in paperback or ebook. The ending, in particular, made me laugh out loud. Compared to the dark Hansel and Gretel or The Three Men in the Woods, this story was so refreshing! I...
