Jacob Grimm

Now, when poor Snow White found herself alone in the big forest, she didn't know which way to turn, but she knew that she must run as far from the queen as she could go. There were so many strange noises in the forest--and the towering dark trees and their looming shadows looked fierce and ominous. She felt so frightened that she didn't know what to do, but she ran like the wind over sharp stones and through bramble bushes and across mountains. Sometimes...

A retelling of the tale of 12 princesses who dance secretly all night long, and the soldier who follows them and discovers where they dance.

In The Elves and the Shoemaker a poor shoemaker prepares his last piece of leather to work on before turning in for bed. In the morning, he is amazed to find the shoes already made. Selling these to a grateful customer, his financial obligations are met and he is able to buy more leather for two more pairs. When these are completed overnight in a similar fashion he stays awake to solve the mystery. Learning that a team of naked elves are responsible...

Snow-White, fair-haired, quiet and shy and Rose-Red, dark-haired, outspoken and lively, are two little girls living with their mother in a small cottage by the woods. They give shelter on a winter night to a kindly bear, who treats them gently and returns every night. In the summer the girls encounter a wicked dwarf whose beard is stuck in a tree. Freeing the dwarf, the girls are met with loud ungrateful recriminations for cutting his beard. More...

On her way to marry a distant prince, a young princess is forced to trade places with her evil waiting-maid and becomes a goose girl instead of a bride when she reaches her destination.

Relive the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a beautiful princess hidden away, a curse, her three fairy godmothers, a handsome prince, and the magic of true love's kiss, in this collection of classic tales from Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.

Thirty-one folk and fairy tales collected by the Grimm brothers including "Rapunzel," "Snow White," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and "Hansel and Gretel."

More than 200 tales by Brothers Grimm.

"Eleven of the finest of the Grimms' fairy tales, personally and illustrated by Lizbeth Zwerger to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the stories"--Page 4 of cover.

Because of her hateful pride, the king gives his daughter in marriage to the first beggar that comes to the door.