Twelve Dancing Princesses
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
The grumpy king bans his twelve beautiful daughters from dancing, yet every night their shoes are worn through. Can anyone solve the mystery of where they go and scoop the royal reward?
Jacob Grimm was a pioneering German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. Renowned for his groundbreaking work on linguistic history, he is celebrated for uncovering fundamental principles of language change. His scholarly pursuits also delved deeply into the rich tapestry of German mythology, contributing significantly to its understanding. Alongside his brother, he became widely known for collecting and publishing traditional folk tales, preserving them for generations.






The grumpy king bans his twelve beautiful daughters from dancing, yet every night their shoes are worn through. Can anyone solve the mystery of where they go and scoop the royal reward?
Die 'Kinder- und Hausmärchen' der Brüder Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, erstmals erschienen in zwei Bänden 1812 und 1815, gehören zum unvergänglichen Schatz der Weltliteratur. Der vorliegende Band versammelt eine Auswahl der schönsten Märchen nach der Ausgabe letzter Hand von 1857, darunter so bekannte Geschichten wie 'Schneewittchen', 'Dornröschen', 'Aschenputtel, 'Hänsel und Gretel' und viele andere. Mit zahlreichen zeitgenössischen Illustrationen von Ludwig Richter.
Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Snow White are among the jewels we owe to the German brothers Grimm, who began in the first decade of the 19th century to seek out and listen to village storytellers. The best-loved of the tales they discovered are now brought together with the marvelous pictures that in 1900 first established the reputation of one of the greatest children's illustrators of all time, Arthur Rackham.
Tried and tested method boosts early reading skills in this favourite fairy tale.
And Other Tales from Grimm
Grimms bekannteste und schönste Märchen in einem schönen, bibliophilen Vorleseband mit den beliebten Illustrationen von Bernhard Oberdieck.