Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm / introduced by Cornelia Funke ; original illustrations by George Cruikshank.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Puffin, 2013Description: 367 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0147509491
  • 9780147509499
  • 9780141343075
  • 0141343079
Uniform titles:
  • Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Selections. English.
  • Translation of: Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Hans in luck -- The travelling musicians -- The golden bird -- The fisherman and his wife -- The tom-tit and the bear -- The twelve dancing princesses -- Rose-bud -- Tom Thumb -- The grateful beasts -- Jorinda and Jorindel -- The wonderful musician -- The queen bee -- The dog and the sparrow -- Frederick and Catherine -- The three children of fortune -- King Grisly-beard -- The adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet -- Snow-drop -- The elves and the shoemaker -- The turnip -- Old sultan -- The lady and the lion -- The miser in the bush -- The king of the golden mountain -- The golden goose -- Mrs. Fox -- Hansel and Grettel -- The giant with the three golden hairs -- The frog-prince -- The fox and the horse -- Rumpel-stilts-kin -- The goose-girl -- Faithful John -- The blue light -- Ashputtel -- The young giant and the tailer -- The crows and the soldier -- Pee-wit -- Hans and his wife Grettel -- Cherry, or the frog-bride -- Mother Holle -- The water of life -- Peter the goatherd -- The four clever brothers -- The elfin-grove -- The salad -- The nose -- The five servants -- Cat-skin -- The robber-bridegroom -- The three sluggards -- The seven ravens -- Roland and May-bird -- The mouse, the bird and the sausage -- The juniper tree.
Summary: A collection of fifty-five traditional tales collected by the Grimm brothers features the original black-and-white illustrations by George Cruikshank plus new color illustrations by noted contemporary illustrators.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2 K51 Available 33111009292018
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Six noted illustrators lend their talents to a definitive Grimms' gift edition This is a beautiful treasury of some of the most famous stories of the Brothers Grimm, reproduced in their original form. Among many others, the stories include: "The Travelling Musicians" (illustrated by Oliver Jeffers), "The Golden Bird" (illustrated by Quentin Blake), "Tom Thumb" (illustrated by Raymond Briggs), "Snow-Drop" (illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark), "The Frog-Prince" (illustrated by Axel Scheffler), and "Ashputtel" (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury). With an unjacketed, foil-stamped fabric cover, six full color plates, and colored endpapers, this is the perfect edition for gift-giving or for anyone who collects books as art.

Translated from the German.

"This beautiful treasury includes some of the most famous stories known today, reproduced in their original form - exactly as the Brothers Grimm had written them"--Half title page.

Hans in luck -- The travelling musicians -- The golden bird -- The fisherman and his wife -- The tom-tit and the bear -- The twelve dancing princesses -- Rose-bud -- Tom Thumb -- The grateful beasts -- Jorinda and Jorindel -- The wonderful musician -- The queen bee -- The dog and the sparrow -- Frederick and Catherine -- The three children of fortune -- King Grisly-beard -- The adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet -- Snow-drop -- The elves and the shoemaker -- The turnip -- Old sultan -- The lady and the lion -- The miser in the bush -- The king of the golden mountain -- The golden goose -- Mrs. Fox -- Hansel and Grettel -- The giant with the three golden hairs -- The frog-prince -- The fox and the horse -- Rumpel-stilts-kin -- The goose-girl -- Faithful John -- The blue light -- Ashputtel -- The young giant and the tailer -- The crows and the soldier -- Pee-wit -- Hans and his wife Grettel -- Cherry, or the frog-bride -- Mother Holle -- The water of life -- Peter the goatherd -- The four clever brothers -- The elfin-grove -- The salad -- The nose -- The five servants -- Cat-skin -- The robber-bridegroom -- The three sluggards -- The seven ravens -- Roland and May-bird -- The mouse, the bird and the sausage -- The juniper tree.

A collection of fifty-five traditional tales collected by the Grimm brothers features the original black-and-white illustrations by George Cruikshank plus new color illustrations by noted contemporary illustrators.

Powered by Koha