An illustrated collection of fifty-two traditional tales collected by the Grimm brothers. Plus an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and facts about the brothers Grimm and their stories.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

Retells the classic German version of the fairy tale of a girl and a wolf, along with similar tales from Italy and Taiwan.

Retells the classic German version of Snow White, together with three similar tales--Marigo of the Forty Dragons from Albania, The unnatural mother and the girl with a star on her forehead from Mozambique, and The magic needle from Turkey.

A sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of cookies, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

Retells the classic German tale of Rapunzel in the tower, along with the similar tales of Clotilde from the Philippines, and Petrosinella from Italy.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.