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GRIMMread2019 Week 12 Challenge and Linky Party (The Juniper Tree + more)

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

Lessons from Grimm: Plot Decisions

by Shonna | Mar 16, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Three of the four stories we read this week shared plot elements with each other, so I thought I’d analyze them in terms of decisions authors make in storytelling. When writing a novel, sometimes you have a clear direction where the plot is going. You’ve either...

GRIMMread2019 Week 11 Challenge and Linky Party (Frau Trude + more)

by Shonna | Mar 13, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Short stories this week! Here’s the list: 41: Herr Korbes42: The Godfather43: Frau Trude44: Godfather Death

Lessons from Grimm: Little Folk

by Shonna | Mar 9, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Small beings are natural inhabitants in Fairyland. No one is surprised when a child is born only the size of a thumb. And if one suddenly come across a person of this size, they think nothing of it…or rather, they think of how to profit from one so tiny. Thumbling Nor...

GRIMMread2019 Week 10 Challenge and Linky Party (The Elves + more)

by Shonna | Mar 5, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

We’re reading these stories this week: 37: Thumbling 38: The Wedding of Mrs. Fox 39: The Elves or The Elves and the Shoemaker 40: The Robber Bridegroom

Lessons from Grimm: Magical Objects

by Shonna | Mar 3, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

In this week’s reading for #GRIMMread2019 I’m zooming in on the magical items in story #36: The Magic Table, the Gold-Donkey, and the Club in the Sack. This was an amusing story about a father who angrily drives away each of his sons after he thinks they lie to him...

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SHONNA SLAYTON is the author of the Fairy-tale Inheritance Series of young adult novels, beginning with Cinderella’s Dress. She edited curriculum for an education company before homeschooling her own children using literature-based whole book learning. She’s taught writing using fairy tales in school classrooms and workshops, as well as in public libraries as a writer in residence. Instead of seeing her in person, you can get the Lessons from Grimm Series which includes a writer’s guide and workbooks for writers to learn fiction techniques through fairy tales.