Grimm Fairy Tales

Title: Grimm Fairy Tales 

Author: Brothers Grimm

Copyright Date: 2011                    

Genre: Fairy Tales                                     

Pages of Book: 262 Pages

Publisher: Simon & Brown                                                 

Reading Level: Ages 5-12

Rapunzel-
Summary: There was a garden surrounded by a a very high wall. No one would tried to get into because it an enchantress lived there.One night a man climbed over the wall to get his wife the rampion that she wanted so much. After eating the rampions that her husband got she wanted more of them. Her husband climbed the wall again. However, this time when he climbed over he saw the enchantress. She wasn't angry when the man explained to him how much his wife longed for the rampions. She said to take as  many as you want but that he must give her his child. He agreed and when his wife had a child and the enchantress took her and named her Rapunzel. She was a beautiful girl but when she was twelve the enchantress locker her in the tower with no stairs or door. The enchantress would have Rupunzel let down her long hair and the she would climb up. One day a prince rode by the tower and heard her singing. The prince tried to get into the tower but there was only a little window at the top. He rode home but everyday would come back to the forest to hear her sing. One day when he was in the forest he saw the enchatress climb up Rupunzel's hair. The prince tells Rupunzel to let down her hair and he climbed up. He asked her to marry him and she said she would. She decides that if he brings her silk every time he visits her she will be able to weave a ladder and climb down. One day Rapunzel slipped and told the enchantress about the prince, as a punishment she cut off her hair and was cast out to the desert. The wicket enchantress tricks the prince and gets him into the tower. He jumps down from the tower but thorns pierced his eyes and he became blind. He roamed about in misery for many years. One day he was in the desert where Rapunzel lived. They ran into each other and as Rapunzel realized who it was she hugged and wept with him. Her tears wetted his eyes and he could see again. They lived happily every after.  


The Frog Prince-
Summary: The Kings daughter was playing at a spring with her favorite yellow ball when she drops it into the water. She can't reach it because the water is too deep. She sits and cries when she hears a voice ask why she is crying. She looks and it is a frog. She tells him that she has lost her favorite play toy. He tells her that if she promises to let him eat of her plate and sleep with her then he will go get her ball. She agrees and the frog gets the ball for her. She grabs the ball and runs back to the castle without keeping her promise. That night when she is eating dinner she hears a knock on the door. She goes out and it is the frog. Her father asks her who is at the door and she tells him what happened. The king says that she must keep her promise. Reluctantly she obeys. When she takes the frog up to her room for bed she throws him into the wall hoping to take care of her problem. However the frog turns into a prince when she did this.

Hansel and Gretel-
Summary: Hansel and Gretal have a new stepmother that isn't very nice to them. She doesn't like children. One day Hansel hears his father and her talking and they decided that they are going to try to lose the children in the woods. Her stepmother thought they were costing too much money. Hansel gathers white pebbles and puts it in his pocket. After his parents leave they follow the pebbles back to the house. The stepmother tries to do it again and locks them in the house so they can't gather pebbles this time. Instead they grab raisin bread. However the birds eat it and they are lost. They come across a candy house and the lady says she loves children to eat as much candy as they want. However she turns into a witch and locks them into cages and says she wants to eat them. They are too skinny now so she feeds them lots of fatty things to put some meat on them. One day she can't wait any longer and has Gretal prepare her a fire so she can eat her. However the witches eyes were bad and Gretal would keep putting the fire out. The witch looks into the fire to see why it keeps going out and Gretal pushes her into the fire. They run back home and their dad is delighted to see them and they realize that their stepmother was the witch.

Little Red Riding Hood-
Summary: One day little red riding hood was sent to her grandmothers to take her some fruit cake and rum butter. Her grandmother was sick. She sent out on her way when she came across a wolf. He was hungry and wanted to eat her but some lumberjacks were close by. He decided to ask her where she was going. Little Red Riding Hood told him everything and even gave her grandmothers address to him. The wolf ran ahead and gobbled her grandmother up. When she got there she didn't realize that it wasn't her grandmother in bed. When she said my what great big teeth you have the wold replied the better to eat you with. The wolf gobbled up Little Red Riding Hood.

Reaction: Judging by what I heard from others I thought I wouldn't like these fairy tales. However I really liked the ones I read at least. 

Problem: N/A

Recommendation: I would recommend however one ones like Little Red Riding Hood. You definitely need to talk about the moral to that fairy tale.