Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales [Turtleback] and 50 similar items

Very nice book. Minor wear to DJ edges and corners. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: This classic, timeless, hardcover book is one that you will want in your collection. In a total of 682 pages, classic stories are told! The fairy tales of the Brothers Grim are among the best-loved and most famous in all of literature. What reader is not familiar with the stories ?Little Red Riding Hood? or ?Cinderella?? Derived from folktales that had been part of the oral storytelling tradition for centuries, these stories are acknowledge as literary landmarks that transcend their time and culture. This hardcover book with a total of 682 pages includes fairytales such as: *Little Red Riding Hood *Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs *Cinderella *Hansel and Gretel *Sleeping Beauty *Rapunzel *Rumpelstiltskin *Tom Thumb *The Frog Prince *And more! About: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales collects more than 200 tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century. In these wonderfully entertaining stories, frogs transform into handsome princes, serving girls become princesses, clever peasants outwit disdainful nobles, evil queens and stepmothers are revealed for the nasty folk they are, innocents learn to beware of predators, kings learn valuable lessons from their wiser servants, the poor outshine their betters, animals talk like people, virtue is rewarded, and bad behavior is punished! Illustrated with the artwork of Arthur Rackham, this book is a cornucopia of magical stories that will appeal to readers of all ages.