by Shonna | Jul 13, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm, reading challenge
A common fairy tale trope is for a king to give away his daughter in marriage to a man who can perform some extraordinary feat: kill the dragon terrorizing the land (The Two Brothers), find some impossibly lost object (The Queen Bee) or, as a reward for kindness....
by Shonna | Jul 8, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
These are the stories we’re reading this week: 109: The Shroud110: The Jew Among Thorns111: The Skillful Huntsman112: The Flail from Heaven
by Shonna | Jul 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Let’s talk enchanted castles this week. In our read-through of Grimm’s Fairy tales, we’ve come across several enchanted castles already. Previously, I’d only thought about Sleeping Beauty (suspended animation) and Beauty and the Beast (animated furniture in the Disney...
by Shonna | Jul 2, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hope everyone is having a fun summer. We’ve got some interesting reading this week: 105: Tales of the Paddock106: The Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat107: The Two Travelers108: Hans My Hedgehog Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Tales of the Paddock Grimms’...
by Shonna | Jun 29, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
As I work my way through Grimm, I’m also keeping a Pinterest board divided by fairy tale. Some fairy tale boards are easy to fill with illustrations. Others, not so much. There are several tales with empty boards….or boards that only contain pins from the...
by Shonna | Jun 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hard to believe we’ve already broken into the 100s. Almost halfway there. 101: Bearskin102: The Willow Wren and the Bear103: Sweet Porridge104: Wise Folks Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Willow Wren and the Bear Grimms’ Fairy Tales:...