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Grimm's fairy tales

A collection of twenty-two favorite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, including "Rapunzel," "The Bremen Town Musicians," "The Valiant Tailor", "The Frog Prince," "Ashenputtel," and "The Elves and the Shoemanke."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grimm Brothers
Other Authors:	Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English German
Published:	New York : Seastar Books, c2001.
Subjects:	Fairy tales > Germany > Juvenile nonfiction. Fairy tales > Juvenile nonfiction. Folklore > Germany > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	A collection of twenty-two favorite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, including "Rapunzel," "The Bremen Town Musicians," "The Valiant Tailor", "The Frog Prince," "Ashenputtel," and "The Elves and the Shoemanke."
Item Description:	"A Peter Glassman book."
Physical Description:	160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	1587170922 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Arthur Rackham was born in London, England. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he left his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 in To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes, but his first serious commission was in 1894 for The Dolly Dialogues, the collected sketches of Anthony Hope, who later went on to write The Prisoner of Zenda. Book illustrating then became Rackham's career for the rest of his life. Rackham invented his own unique technique which resembled photographic reproduction; he would first sketch an outline of his drawing, then lightly block in shapes and details. Afterwards he would add lines in pen and India ink, removing the pencil traces after it had dried. With color pictures, he would then apply multiple washes of color until transparent tints were created. Arthur Rackham died in 1939 of cancer in his home in Limpsfield, Surrey. (Bowker Author Biography)