Fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm / introduced by Cornelia Funke ; original illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Puffin, 2013Description: 367 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0147509491
- 9780147509499
- 9780141343075
- 0141343079
- Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Selections. English.
- Translation of: Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2 K51 | Available | 33111009292018 |
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.