by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · Ladybird Books Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780721435299
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«Hansel and Gretel (Tiny Tales)» is the fairy tale by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, published by Ladybird Books Ltd in hardcover (24 pages, in English).
Two siblings are abandoned by their parents in a forest and, getting lost, discover a house built of gingerbread and sweets. An old woman lives there who is actually a wicked witch and wants to fatten them up to eat them. With cunning and ingenuity, the children manage to escape the trap and return to their father.
1993 edition of the Tiny Tales collection by Ladybird, in English, with illustrations by Peter Stevenson. The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812.
Recommended for early readers and for children beginning to discover classic tales.
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm; together, they were the literary duo known as the Brothers Grimm.
