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A tale dark & Grimm

Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother an...

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Main Author: Gidwitz, Adam.
Other Authors: Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863., Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Fairy tales > Juvenile fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary: Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Physical Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780525423348
0525423346
Author Notes: Adam Gidwitz was born in San Francisco, California in 1982. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Columbia University. After graduating, he took a job in a second grade classroom at Saint Ann's School, in Brooklyn and attended Bank Street College of Education in the evenings. He eventually taught first, second, fifth, and high school at Saint Ann's before deciding to become a full-time author. He is the author of A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass Grimly.

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