by Shonna | Dec 7, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
This week we read a story that seemed awfully familiar to two other stories we’ve already read (three others if you include Cinderella, but Cinderella doesn’t quite fit all the elements in these stories.) Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Drummer Three nights. Three...
by Shonna | Nov 30, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Magical realism is a genre set in regular life, but where there is a little bit of magic. So, not a fairy tale land, where people know about fairies. Not a fantasy land where unicorns and dragons run free. But everyday, regular life where suddenly, something out of...
by Shonna | Nov 26, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
This week for our reading challenge, I was having trouble deciding which story to talk about. They were all so varied, yet interesting in their own rights. I looked for a commonality that I could talk about, and then realized I haven’t talked about setting yet!...
by Shonna | Nov 20, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
In the Fairy-tale Forum Facebook group earlier this month, the question of sexism in fairy tales came up again, and members responded with a variety of strong answers against the idea. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Nixie of the Mill-Pond There is a lingering...
by Shonna | Nov 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
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by Shonna | Nov 15, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Several Grimm stories have mentioned wise women in terms that sound very much like fairy godmothers. Grimm’s Fairy tales: The Goose-Girl at the Well In this week’s story, The Goose-Girl at the Well, the old woman who is helping the banished princess is a wise...
by Shonna | Nov 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Many of Grimm’s animal fairy tales are pourquoi tales (pourquoi is French for why). Pourquoi tales tell the origin story of how something in nature came to look or act the way it does. Grimm’s Fairy tales: The Sole Now available in print and ebook. In last...
by Shonna | Oct 29, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
It’s night, you’re tired and hungry, and you see a light coming from a hut in the forest. Do you go in? If you are a fairy tale character, of course you go in! Why wouldn’t you seek lodging with a stranger living deep in the woods? It worked out well for Snow White…...
by Shonna | Oct 25, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
I haven’t had a chance to look ahead at these stories yet. Some interesting titles here, so I’m hopeful for some good reading: 168: Lean Lisa169: The Hut in the Forest170: Sharing Joy and Sorrow171: The Willow Wren Grimm’s Fairy tales: Lean Lisa...
by Shonna | Oct 19, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, Teaching Writing
Buy now in print or ebook. One thing the Grimm fairy tales do very well is create empathy for the underdog. The discharged soldier is not just out of work, but he is also extremely poor, starving, without prospects, and lying by the side of the road. The picked-on...
