Jacob Grimm
(1785 - 1863)
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. His brother was Wilhelm Grimm.
He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm’s Law (linguistics), the author (with his brother) of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
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The Bear and the Kingbird (1979)
When the bear insults the kingbirds’ chicks, a humorous battle ensues between the land animals and the flying creatures of the world.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1900)
A large collection of the Grimm’s tales. Color frontis, other illustrations are in black and white. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1909)
This is Rackham’s definitive edition of Grimm with many colored illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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Wilhelm Grimm
The Giant with the Three Golden Hairs (1955)
A poor boy marries the king’s daughter, but must bring back three golden hairs from the king of the cave giants.
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Wilhelm Grimm
The Golden Bird and Other Stories (1922)
Eleven favorite stories from Grimm. Read online at Internet Archive.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Wuanita Smith
Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1898)
Twenty-eight tales from the Brothers Grimm. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Edward Henry Wehnert
Grimms Märchenschatz (1923)
A selection of the tales of the Brothers Grimm with thirty-two color illustrations by Tenggren. The text is in German.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Hansel and Gretel (1927)
Lost in the woods, two children come upon a gingerbread house.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Elmer Hader
Hansel and Gretel (1980)
Abandoned in the forest, Hansel and Gretel must defeat a wicked witch before finding their way home.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Hansel and Gretel (1984)
Two children lost in the woods come upon a cottage made of gingerbread.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Rika Lesser
Hansel and Gretel (1990)
Two children lost in the forest come upon a cottage made of gingerbread.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Elmer Hader
Hansel and Gretel (2011)
Abandoned in the woods, the two children must first defeat an evil witch before finding their way home. This is the revised edition.
Amy Ehrlich
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Wilhelm Grimm
Hansel and Grethel & Other Tales by The Brothers Grimm (1920)
This was a reprint of roughly half the tales included in the 1909 edition of Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
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Wilhelm Grimm
The House in the Wood and Other Old Fairy Stories (1909)
Ten old fairy tales, including The Bremen Town Musicians, The Brave Little Tailor and others.
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales (1917)
Forty more tales from the Brothers Grimm, in addition to those originally published as part of Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Little Red Riding Hood (1983)
A girl, a grandmother, a wolf and a woodcutter star in this well-known tale.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Trina Schart Hyman
More Tales from Grimm (1947)
Thirty-two more tales from the brothers Grimm, including ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘Six Swans,’ and ‘The Shoemaker and the Elves.”
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Wilhelm Grimm
Rare Treasures from Grimm: Fifteen Little-Known Tales (1981)
A selection of lesser known tales from the brothers Grimm.
Read online at archive.org.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Snowdrop & Other Tales (1920)
The second half of the Grimm tales from the 1909 edition comprising thirty tales. The cover is from the 1923 reprint by Doubleday. The image above is from the 1920 Dutton printing. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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Wilhelm Grimm
Tales from Grimm (1936)
Sixteen favorite tales, including ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ ‘The Musicians of Bremen,’ ‘Rapunzel,’ and ‘The Frog Prince.’
Read online at archive.org.
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Wilhelm Grimm