Chopsy Baby is Reviewing… Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Chopsy Baby Says: “Just Brilliant.”

Rating: 10/10

This wonderful hardback treasury features over 50 fairy tales by Jacob Ludwig Carol Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm, more commonly known as the brothers Grimm.

The beautiful bound book is perfect for children aged seven years upwards, and even for adults.

These are the original fairy tales featuring that dark edge which is so often airbrushed from films and picture story books.

The tales are illustrated with full colour pictures by top artists including Quentin Blake, Raymond Briggs, Oliver Jeffers and Helen Oxenbury.

You won’t find your familiar Cinderella or Snow White, but you will find the original Ashputtel and Snow-Drop. Here you can read the original stories before they were Disneyfied.

Cinderella’s step sister has her toes cut off to fit in the slipper. And Snow Drop just keeps getting killed by the jealous queen.

It’s amazing how the frequently gruesome stories ever became the happy-ever-after films children know and love today.

Discover the original myths, magic and devilish stories right from the dark hearts of the original sources.

This collection is introduced by author Cornelia Funke

£25
Puffin Hardback