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Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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...
10) Rumpelstiltskin
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
12) Iron Hans
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
With the help of Iron Hans, the wild man of the forest, a young prince makes his own way in the world and wins the hand of a princess.
15) Snow White
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
16) Rumpelstiltskin
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
©1983
Language
English
Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
17) Sleeping Bobby
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Grimm tale featuring a handsome prince who is put into a deep sleep by a curse until he is awakened by the kiss of a brave princess.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The town of Hamelin is overrun with rats, but when the Pied Piper who gets rid of them is refused payment he takes the children away from their greedy parents. Includes notes about the tale's origins, and the difficulty of identifying heroes and villains in the story.
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