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Author:

Gág, Wanda, 1893-1946.

Title:

Tales from Grimm / freely translated and illustrated by Wanda Gág.

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Fairy tales--Germany.
Fairy tales.
Folklore--Germany.

Other Authors:

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.

Other Titles:

Kinder- und Hausmärchen. English. Selections. 2006.

Notes:

Originally published: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1936.

Contents:

Dragon and his grandmother. Cat and mouse keep house -- Six servants -- Spindle, shuttle, and needle -- Doctor Know-it-all -- Musicians of Bremen -- Cinderella -- Clever Elsie -- Rapunzel -- Fisherman and his wife -- Three brothers -- Frog prince -- Lazy Heinz -- Lean Liesl and Lanky Lenz -- Snow White and Rose Red -- Dragon and his grandmother.

Summary:

Presents a collection of sixteen Grimm Brothers' tales, "accompanied by whimsical illustrations. Drawing on her peasant heritage and childlike sense of wonder, Gág translated the fairy tales in a uniquely American vernacular tongue."

Series:

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

ISBN:

9780816649365 (pb : alk. paper)
0816649367 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816649358 (hc/j : alk. paper)
0816649359 (hc/j : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70131069

LCCN:

2006016241

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)