by Shonna | Oct 11, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Not having read The Glass Coffin before, I had expected a take on Snow White. What a pleasant surprise to read something so different from other fairy tales. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Glass Coffin The Glass Coffin just might be the closest example to modern...
by Shonna | Oct 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
As we near the end of the #GRIMMread2019 challenges, I’ve started branching out and reading other books about the Grimms and their fairy tales. It seems a lot of modern literary criticism looks down on the Grimms—especially how they didn’t give credit by name to the...
by Shonna | Sep 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
I’ve been critical of many Grimm titles, but these sound interesting! 152: The Shepherd Boy153: The Star Money154: The Stolen Farthings155: Looking for a Bride
by Shonna | Sep 22, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
The Beam fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers is a terrible name for a story introducing us to our first magician in all of the tales we’ve read so far. But, the story itself is quite interesting. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Beam The magician is actually an...
by Shonna | Sep 15, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Plenty of characters in Grimm’s fairy tales get caught up in predicaments that they would like to get out of. And, more often than not, the way out is to trick someone by using a clever turn of phrase to make them think you’ve got something they want. Grimm’s...
by Shonna | Sep 9, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Just like in real life, sibling relationships in fairy tales run the gauntlet from endearing to toxic. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Lambkin and the Little Fish Stepsisters never fair well, as a rule, but when a story is about a brother and sister, (even...
