Wilhelm Grimm

The folk tales gathered by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm have been retold for every new generation of readers. Some of the best-loved stories, such as "Cinderella" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" have become world-famous movies. In this collection, you'll discover the Grimms' most spellbinding tales.

In the story of Rapunzel a childless couple awaits the arrival of their firstborn. One day, the husband is caught stealing the salad greens, called Rapunzel that his wife craves from the yard of the evil witch next door. The witch strikes a deal with the man, obtaining their firstborn child in return for all the Rapunzel the wife can eat. The child, growing up in captivity with the witch turns into a beautiful maiden with a voice of gold, and extraordinarily...

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

In order to save her daughter from a terrible war, the mother sends her into the forest telling her to return in three days. She meets St. Joseph who cares for her for three days, which in reality is thirty years.

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

A little girl walks to the end of the world to find her seven brothers and free them from enchantment.

When six of her seven kids are swallowed by a wicked wolf, Old Mother Goat devises a way to rescue them.

To win a bride and a kingdom, a soldier endeavors to discover why the dancing shoes of the king's twelve daughters are worn to pieces every morning.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Sleeping Beauty has enchanted generations, young and old alike. The king and queen have a fervent wish; to bear a son or daughter. Their wish is answered when a beautiful princess is born. Unfortunately, at the banquet to celebrate the daughter's birth, an evil fairy places a curse on the child, when she is 15 she will be pricked by a spinning wheel and fall into a deep slumber. But such is the joy of the occasion that the curse is forgotten and seldom...