by Shonna | Aug 10, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
I’ve commented before how many of the Grimm’s fairy tales are like retellings of other Grimm’s tales. We read versions of the same story elements over and over. This week’s readings contain more examples of plot elements from other stories being re-used in a new...
by Shonna | Aug 7, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Our stories for this week: 125: The Devil and His Grandmother126: Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful 127: The Iron Stove128: The Lazy Spinner Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Devil and His Grandmother Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Ferdinand the Faithful...
by Shonna | Aug 3, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
In our reading of Grimm so far, we’ve come across several types of trees. This week we read about two kinds. But first, a walk through the orchard in Grimm’s Fairy Tales: Hazel tree In Cinderella, Cinderella’s father gives her a twig from a hazel bush (the first twig...
by Shonna | Aug 1, 2019 | reading challenge
Here are the stories for this week: 121: The King’s Son Who Feared Nothing122: Donkey Cabbages123: The Old Woman in the Wood124: The Three Brothers
by Shonna | Jul 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
Most of the time we focus on the main characters in the story, but side characters, secondary characters, sidekicks, etc. add so much to a tale. Whether they’re bringing comic relief or a plot twist, we love our side characters. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Three...
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
