In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind and beyond the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches.Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.,
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Hardcover
In a Glass Grimmly
By Gidwitz, Adam
More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classic Take caution ahead-- Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatures abound. Lest you enter with dread. Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true. Step lively, dear reader . . . Happily ever after isn't cutting it anymore. In this companion novel to Adam Gidwitz's widely acclaimed, award-winning debut, A Tale Dark & Grimm, Jack and Jill explore a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm and others, including Jack and the Beanstalk and The Frog Prince.
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Audio CD
The Grimm Conclusion
By Gidwitz, Adam
Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim.Cinderellas stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half.And in a tale called The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other. Yes, the sausage talks. Okay, I guess that ones not that grimThose are the real fairy tales.But they have nothing on the story Im about to tell.This is the darkest fairy tale of all. Also, it is the weirdest. And the bloodiest.It is the grimmest tale I have ever heard.And I am sharing it with you.Two children venture through forests, flee kingdoms, face ogres and demons and monsters, and, ultimately, find their way home. Oh yes, and they may die. Just once or twice.Thats right. Fairy talesAreAwesome.
A Tale Dark and Grimm
By Gidwitz, Adam
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind and beyond the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches.Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.,
In a Glass Grimmly
By Gidwitz, Adam
More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classic Take caution ahead-- Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatures abound. Lest you enter with dread. Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true. Step lively, dear reader . . . Happily ever after isn't cutting it anymore. In this companion novel to Adam Gidwitz's widely acclaimed, award-winning debut, A Tale Dark & Grimm, Jack and Jill explore a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm and others, including Jack and the Beanstalk and The Frog Prince.
The Grimm Conclusion
By Gidwitz, Adam
Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim.Cinderellas stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half.And in a tale called The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other. Yes, the sausage talks. Okay, I guess that ones not that grimThose are the real fairy tales.But they have nothing on the story Im about to tell.This is the darkest fairy tale of all. Also, it is the weirdest. And the bloodiest.It is the grimmest tale I have ever heard.And I am sharing it with you.Two children venture through forests, flee kingdoms, face ogres and demons and monsters, and, ultimately, find their way home. Oh yes, and they may die. Just once or twice.Thats right. Fairy talesAreAwesome.