by Shonna | Jun 4, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
These are the stories we’re reading this week: 89: The Goose Girl90: The Young Giant91: The Gnome92: The King of the Gold Mountain
by Shonna | Jun 2, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
If you were a lost, scared, or determined fairy tale character, where would you go for advice? Certainly not your stepmother, because you can’t trust her. Not your father, because he is either absent, busy planning his own wedding…or standing in the way of yours. The...
by Shonna | May 30, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
This set of readings takes us from Volume 1 and into Volume 2! 85: The Gold-Children86: The Fox and the Geese87: The Poor Man and the Rich Man 88: The Singing, Springing Lark
by Shonna | May 28, 2019 | Cinderella's Dress, Cinderella's Shoes, Fairy tales
1940s history and fairy-tale fantasy all wrapped up on one ebook bundle. Summer is here and if you’re looking for a good beach read for your vacation, you can download the complete Cinderella collection in the Fairy-tale Inheritance series. It’s the...
by Shonna | May 25, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Part one. I’m labeling this “Part one” because I haven’t thought through things enough to feel like this is even close to a complete analysis. So, this blog is analysis of this week’s stories, and then hopefully in the future, I’ll...
by Shonna | May 24, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hans is busy this week! 81: Brother Lustig82: Gambling Hansel83: Hans in Luck84: Hans Married
by Shonna | May 18, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Grimm’s fairy tale collection begins with a story about a frog retrieving a golden ball at the bottom of a well. (1. The Frog King) A few stories later, a dropped spindle leads a girl into another world through the well where, upon her return, she is doused with gold....
by Shonna | May 17, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Here are the stories we’re reading this week… 77: Clever Grethel78: The Old Man and his Grandson79: The Water Nixie80: The Death of the Little Hen
by Shonna | May 11, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Just in time for Mother’s Day, the set of stories this week provides us with another story about a mother and a stolen child. What are the mothers like in Grimm’s fairy tales? So far in our readings, we have been introduced to evil stepmothers, barren mothers, and...
by Shonna | May 8, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Looks like the fox is busy this week!! 73: The Wolf and the Fox74: Gossip Wolf and the Fox75: The Fox and the Cat76: The Pink
