Jacob Grimm

A poor old shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.

"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 would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in...

Cinderella longs to go to the prince's dance. Can her friends the birds help her find true love? The Brothers' Grimm version of this classic fairy tale is brought to life with gentle, colourful illustrations...and a little extra sparkle. ---back cover

A prince searching for the Water of Life to cure his dying father finds an enchanted castle, a lovely princess, and treachery from his older brothers.

A little girl walks to the end of the world to find her seven brothers and free them from enchantment.

Trapped at the top of a tall tower, every day Rapunzel throws down her long, long golden hair for the enchantress to climb. Until one day a stranger climbs up-the King's son! Rapunzel and the prince plan to escape. Can they live happily ever after?

Recasts in an African setting the familiar fairy tale in which a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

Fifteen classic Grimm fairy tales, illustrated by such well-known artists as Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Randolph Caldecott.