cover image Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird

Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird

Vivian Vande Velde, . . Harcourt/Magic Carpet, $5.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-15-205572-1

The author reexamines a baker's dozen worth of classic tales, casting the characters in a different light (e.g., the Frog Prince regains his human form and eschews the snooty princess for a humbler maiden). Ages 8-12. (Aug.)