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 The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition $22.00 Here is a spectacular collection of Grimms' fairy tales. Complete and wondrous, this translation is clean and haunting. There must be hundreds of tales complied here that I hadn't even heard of before, it's wonderful. The perfect collection to complete any library.  Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A Classic IIlustrated Edition (Classic Illustrated) $19.95 I was looking forward to receiving this book to read to my 5 year old son every night. As a child I LOVED the Brothers Grimm" Fairy Tales book that I had. I read it so much the hard cover became so worn we had to tape it together. The other reviewers wrote glowingly of this book and I am at a loss as to why they found this to be a great edition of these truly classic tales. Perhaps they never read the unabridged versions. Not only are some of the stories different than I remember(i.e.Hansel and Gretel was drastically changed) and the illustrations are different within each story. Hansel and Gretel appear completely different on each page as do the other characters. My 5 year old kept asking "Who's that?" every time he saw a "new" character(same characters but different illustrations). This made it impossible to keep reading the story to him. Then I picked up Classic Fairy Tales by Scott Gufstason. What an improvement!! If you are looking for a book on these Fairy Tales to read to your young children, THIS IS THE ONE! Please do NOT waste your money on "Tales from the Brother Grimm".  The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy $22.00 It's a great title for this book, "Two Lives One Legacy." And this is a beautiful story on the lives of the two brothers. It was not easy for me to find a book on their lives...and when I learned of this book, it was not easy to get a hold of it... Most remember Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm for the stories they published, and sometimes myth intrudes even with this. But they lived great and wonderful lives, and this book tells all. From childhood, this book covers their lives in an easy read. It offers a whole new light on the lives and times of, 'The Brother's Grimm." There is not a movie on the, "true" story of the two brother's, I hope one will be made soon.  The Brothers Grimm $14.99 Great fantasy/adventure movie. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger are great and the movie was exciting and fun. |
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