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Lessons from Grimm: Humor in Fairy Tales

by Shonna | Jan 25, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized

The fairy tale that caught my eye this week was The Three Spinning Women. Available now in paperback or ebook. The ending, in particular, made me laugh out loud. Compared to the dark Hansel and Gretel or The Three Men in the Woods, this story was so refreshing! I...

GRIMMread2019 Week 4 Challenge and Linky Party (Hansel and Gretel + more)

by Shonna | Jan 21, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

This week we’re reading: 13: The Three Little Men in the Woods14: The Three Spinning Women15: Hansel and Grethel16. The Three Snake-Leaves The Three Little Men in the Woods The Three Spinning Women Hansel and Grethel The Three...

GRIMMread2019 Week 3 Challenge and Linky Party

by Shonna | Jan 12, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Week 3 January 13-19 9: The Twelve Brothers10: The Pack of Ragamuffins11: Little Brother and Little Sister12: Rapunzel (Yay! Rapunzel is this week…I may wax eloquent on my love of Tangled.) The Twelve Brothers The Pack of Ragamuffins Little...

Fairy-tale Tropes From Grimm’s Fairy Tale Collection

by Shonna | Jan 12, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Two weeks into our #GRIMMread2019, and I can already tell I need to start a list of tropes, themes, common characters, etc. Frogs anyone? I’ll add to this post over the course of the year and by the end the list should be quite robust. [edited: so, this list...

GRIMMread2019 Week 2 Challenge and Linky Party

by Shonna | Jan 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Jan 6-12 5: The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids6: Faithful John or Trusty John7: The Good Bargain8: The Wonderful Musician or The Strange Musician This week I’m going to streamline the process and keep everything all under one post. (Let me know if this works...

#GRIMMread2019 Fairy Tale Retelling Source Material

by Shonna | Jan 4, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge

Grimm Week 1 Jan 1-5 (Challenge post here: #GRIMMread2019) 1: The Frog King, or Iron Heinrichs2: Cat and Mouse in Partnership3: Mary’s Child4: The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was I’m four stories into my year-long...
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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.

What I'm working on now:

Rise of the Kelpies (book 2)
Phase:Proofing
95%
NEW! Historical mystery
Phase:Outlining
10%

LMV is now up on Goodreads. Add it today:

The Little Mermaid's Voice (Fairy-Tale Inheritance, #6)

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