Books with title Fractured Fairy Tales

"Stories are something that never fails to attract a child. And if the stories are full of adventure, fun and a little moral message embedded in them, what more could one ask for! ‘Tell me a story,’ which is divided intoClassics, Bedtime Stories, Aesop’s Fables and Fairy Tales, is tailored in the right manner so that young readers are encouraged to read forpleasure."

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in the Anglosphere as Grimm's Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Elfenmärchen). The first volume of the first edition was published in 1812, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1815. For the second edition, two volumes were issued in 1819 and a third in 1822, totalling 170 tales. The third edition appeared in 1837; fourth edition, 1840; fifth edition, 1843; sixth edition, 1850; seventh edition, 1857. Stories were added, and also subtracted, from one edition to the next, until the seventh held 211 tales. All editions were extensively illustrated, first by Philipp Grot Johann and, after his death in 1892, by German illustrator Robert Leinweber.The first volumes were much criticized because, although they were called "Children's Tales", they were not regarded as suitable for children, both for the scholarly information included and the subject matter. Many changes through the editions – such as turning the wicked mother of the first edition in Snow White and Hansel and Gretel (shown in original Grimm stories as Hänsel and Grethel) to a stepmother, were probably made with an eye to such suitability. They removed sexual references—such as Rapunzel's innocently asking why her dress was getting tight around her belly, and thus naïvely revealing her pregnancy and the prince's visits to her stepmother—but, in many respects, violence, particularly when punishing villains, was increased.In 1825 the Brothers published their Kleine Ausgabe or "small edition", a selection of 50 tales designed for child readers. This children's version went through ten editions between 1825 and 1858.

FAIRY TALES ? Fairy tales... Reality or dreams..?This is not a simple question. What maybe hundreds and even thousands of years ago took place can today be presented as a fairy tale.Why..? Well, how can you prove it really happened..? It's been too long and everybody wants to see proof....Ha.., but maybe not everyone..! There are still those among us who have a stunning imagination.They like a good surprise and not just accept something because it is called bad luck. Perhaps there are witches, giants and such. But, it is certainly true that heroes, heroines and extraordinary people have always been there and still are. My stories show them from the past, but when you open your eyes and look around a bit, these heroes can be seen everywhere.

FAIRY TALES ? Fairy tales... Reality or dreams..?This is not a simple question. What maybe hundreds and even thousands of years took place can today be presented as a fairy tale.Why..? Well, how can you prove it really happened..? It's been too long and everybody wants to see proof....Ha.., but maybe not everyone..! There are still those among us who have a stunning imagination.They like a good surprise and not just accept something because it is called bad luck. Perhaps there are witches, giants and such. But, it is certainly true that heroes, heroines and extraordinary people have always been there and are still there. My stories show them from the past, but when you open your eyes and look around a bit, these heroes can be seen everywhere.

This 392-page version of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson is a rare early, illustrated edition. The collection includes The Mermaid, Hans Clodhopper, The Flying Trunk, The Rose Elf, The Wild Swans, The Elf-Hill, The Real Princess, A Picture from the Ramparts, The Red Shoes, Thumbelisa, The Goblin and the Huckster, The Bottle Neck, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Angel, The Butterfly, Psyche, The Snail and the Rose-bush, The Girl who Trod on the Loaf, The Nightingale, The Storks, The Little Match Girl, Great Claus and Little Claus, The Garden of Paradise, Little Tuk, The Wind's Tale, The Snow Queen, A Rose from Homer's Grave, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Naughty Boy, Holger the Dane, What the Moon Saw, The Tinder Box, The Story of a Mother, The Marsh King's Daughter, The Goloshes of Fortune, The Bronze Boar, The Bell, Ole Lukoie, the Dustman, The Swineherd, The Travelling Companions, and The Ugly Duckling. It was during 1835 that Andersen published the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales.