Summary: These 27 world-famous fairy tales have inspired countless adaptations in many languages and all public media and have, for millions of people, become an integral part of childhood. Included are such favorites as "Hansel and Gretel," "The Brave Little Tailor," "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Snow White" as well as less familiar ones: "The Danced-Out Shoes," "The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications, Inc. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 GRISummary: This collection contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2016
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GRISummary: Retells the story of a beautiful princess who promises an ugly frog, when her golden ball falls into a deep well, that he can live with her and become her playmate if he returns her ball, in a text with die-cut pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Neugebauer Publishing Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 GRIGrimm, Jacob
Summary: "When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their 'Children's and Household Tales' in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as 'Rapunzel, ' 'Hansel and Gretel, ' and 'Cinderella' would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Frog prince -- Faithful John -- Six Swans -- Singing, soaring lark -- God's food -- Raven -- King of the golden mountain -- Golden bird -- Knoist and his three sons -- Golden goose -- Donkey cabbages -- Juniper tree -- Jorinda and Joringel -- Three little men in the wood -- Maid of Brakel -- Brother and Sister -- Goose-girl -- Cinderella -- Water of life -- Table the Ass and the Stick --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1980
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Place a hold to request this item.Guillain, Charlotte.
Summary: A simplified version of the familiar fairy tale featuring a cat who imprisons a beautiful young rat in a tower, where she secretly meets a handsome prince. Includes a note on the history of the tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GUIGrimm, Jacob
Summary: A collection of fourteen fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, including "The Donkey," "The Mongoose," "Iron John," and "Jorinda and Joringel."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRIGuillain, Charlotte.
Summary: A simplified version of the familiar fairy tale featuring a cobra snake who helps a young squirrel turn acorns into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first baby squirrel. Includes a note on the history of the tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of nineteen of the darkest stories from the Grimm collection of German fairy tales, containing elements that have frequently been removed in other versions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 GRISummary: Twenty-seven fairy tales including many well-known stories and such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree," "Many-Fur," and "Brother Gaily."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRIGag, Wanda
Summary: An illustrated collection of sixteen tales, including "Hansel and Gretel" and "Rapunzel."
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GAGAlperin, Mara
Summary: Presents an adaptation of the tale in which a poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALPSummary: 19th-century "folklore collectors" Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are con artists. They perform exorcisms of "evil enchantments" (for a healthy fee) while wandering about in French-occupied Germany during the Napoleonic wars. Wilhelm is a swashbuckling cad with an answer for everything, while Jacob is a dreamer who looks at life through fairytale-tinted spectacles. When French Gen. Delatombe gets wise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2005
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY BROIsadora, Rachel.
Summary: A retelling, set in Africa, of the story of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ISAGunderson, Jessica
Summary: Retells the classic German version of the fairy tale of a girl and a wolf, along with similar tales from Italy and Taiwan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GUNPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: A beautiful young princess is cursed with a hundred years of sleep, and she can only be awakened by a prince. Bright illustrations and colorful language come together in a retelling of this classic tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUPullman, Philip
Summary: Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children's and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman, one of the most accomplished authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 PULCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 PULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Legend PullmanTatar, Maria
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 1987
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Containing 40 stories in new translations by Tatar this celebration of the richness and dramatic power of the legendary fables also features 150 illustrations, many of them in color, by legendary painters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 GRIRusu, Meredith
Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of bravery. Contains questions and guidelines for parents and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic 2020