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FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
David Wenzel & Doug Wheeler
Already well established as a children's book illustrator with such titles as "Hauntings" by Margaret Hodges (Little Brown), "Kingdom of The Dwarfs" by Robb Walsh (Centaur Books), and recently released:"Cinderella"(Running Press) and "Little David and The Giant" (Random House),Wenzel is also well-remembered for his beautiful comics adaptation of Tolkien's The Hobbit (Ballantine). He brings his knowledge of both crafts here to eyestopping effect with fresh and authentic versions of "Little Snow White", "The Three Sluggards", and "The Shoemaker & The Elves". Script adaptation by Doug Wheeler.
PARENTS CHOICE AWARD 1996
"Given the easily sensationalized events in the Grimms' tales, the illustrations are refreshingly nonsensational, and they retain the visual energy and complexity necessary to intrigue the discriminating reader."
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81/2x11, clothbound jacketed, 48 pp., full color: $15.95
ISBN 1-56163-130-2
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