A short biography of brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, early nineteenth-century law students who became interested in fairy tales and abandoned the law to collect and preserve as many folk and fairy tales as they could find.
Explores the women, including maids, mothers, neighbors, and female friends, who influenced the creation of the Brothers Grimm and their famous fairy tales.
"When Jeremy Johnson Johnson's strange ability to speak to the ghost of Jacob Grimm draws the interest of his classmate, Ginger Boltinghouse, the two find themselves at the center of a series of disappearances in their hometown"--Publisher.
When Jeremy Johnson Johnson's strange ability to speak to the ghost of Jacob Grimm draws the interest of his classmate, Ginger Boltinghouse, the two find themselves at the center of a series of disappearances in their hometown.
Presents more than 150 poems by twentieth-century writers, including Amy Lowell, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman, inspired by the stories of the Brothers Grimm.
A selection of tales from the writings of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, featuring less well-known fables, morality tales, comic stories, and classic tales. Includes an introduction, chronology, and notes.
Jeremy Johnson Johnson is a shy boy who likes to study; he will never, ever admit in public that he hears the voice of one particular ghost--Jacob Grimm. When the wild girl Ginger Boultinghouse enters Jeremy's life, she plans on including him in her next wild adventure--breaking and entering. Jacob Grimm decides to help the two kids find what they are really seeking: a place far, far away from their troubles.
