Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. In this day of children all being "chosen" for a team and not having the experience of not making the team, of there being no scores kept making the games noncompetitive, of not being taught how to lose gracious and how to win graciously, these "fairy tales" can make the difference between a child who grows into an adult ready to face the world or an adult who is afraid of their shadow and has to "retire" from the work force because they did not learn how to "work and play well" with others. All of the stories promote a good wholesome moral compass - keep your promises, be kind to others, don't be greedy, make witches wear red-hot iron shoes and dance until they die screaming as entertainment at your wedding, that kind of thing. Stories include; The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, The Bremen Town Musicians, Tom Thumb, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Rumpelstiltskin, The Goose Girl, The Bear and the Wren, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Snow White and Rose Red.

We believe that giving children the right materials, they will make and play with beautiful things that last a lifetime. The book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear mainly to the lower spine cover; a delightful addition to any library! Apparently Lizzie Borden killing Foster kid who don't behave isn't a fairy-tale) So it was suggested that I try going to the source as much as I could. If they are willing to dig a bit, they'll find out he's essentially a line illustrator, a pen and ink artist who added color (and in many cases very complex layers of colors of different transparencies) only when he was completely satisfied with lines. One of the Four Great Chinese novels, and a worldwide cultural phenomenon, Monkey is reimagined as a Folio edition with exquisite artwork by Mu Pan, including a foldout map, and a new introduction by Frances Wood.Tan was at first reluctant — he had toyed with the idea of illustrating fairy tales over the years and had invariably ended up convinced that these highly abstract masterworks of storytelling, abloom at the intersection of the weird and the whimsical, didn’t lend themselves to representational imagery. Everyone knows the Grimm's stories, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty. Two hundred years ago, the Brothers Grimm published their famous collection of folk tales, including these thirty much-loved stories of helpful elves; giants who can see into the next land; foolish but good-hearted lads; princesses with golden hair; faithful servants and wicked queens. It showed Rackham's technical skills which were not fully developed yet (many illustrations were replaced in later editions) but were already very characteristic and versatile. The Brothers Grimm collected some 200 traditional tales of Northern Europe that might very well otherwise have been lost to us.

But if being a financially independent young woman and female entrepreneur in the early 20th century wasn’t already daring enough, in 1923 Gág — who had just been given a one-woman exhibition by the New York Public Library, more than twenty years before Georgia O’Keeffe’s MoMA retrospective prompted the press to hail her as “America’s first female artist” — decided to give up commercial illustration and try making a living solely by her art. In their original conception, they broke with convention in other ways as well — rather than moralistic or didactic, they were beautifully blunt and unaffected, celebratory of poetry’s ennobling effect on the spirit. It is a wonderful collection of stories from the famous collectors of fairytales, The Brothers Grimm.Tried and true titles including Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood appear alongside lesser-known pieces. Ethereal layers of laser-cut and die-cut paper overlay Schenker’s graphic silhouette illustrations, making tangible the beloved story’s inherent duality of darkness and light from which its enduring enchantment springs. The result of this testament to the combinatorial nature of creativity is Grimms Märchen ( public library) — a glorious German edition of Pullman’s retelling, illustrated in Tan’s breathtaking visual vignettes. If this labor makes your own life more livable in any way, please consider aiding its sustenance with a one-time or loyal donation.