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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...