New Releases by Jacob W Grimm

A tailor who kills seven flies with one blow outwits the king and earns half his kingdom and his daughter''s hand in marriage.

A young nobleman offers to help a strange old woman who lives high up in the mountain forests. Then he meets her strange goose-girl who comes from who knows where.

Where do the king''s beautiful daughter disappear to night after night? And who can solve the mystery of the twelve pairs of dancing slippers, worn to shreds by the morning? Internationally acclained illustrator Jane Ray brings to vivid life the fun-loving princesses of the classic Grimm fairy tale, as they boldly escape the confines of their father''s castle. Each one is a character in her own right--a loving sister & a not-so-dutiful daughter--enjoying their moments of freedom as well as their beautiful brocade ballgowns. With its sumptuous detailed illustrations & gold & silver highlights, The Twelve Dancing Princesses is the latest jewel in the crown of Jane Ray''s retellings of classic stories, which are themselves rapidly becoming modern classics.

No longer wanted by their masters, a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster set out for Bremen to become musicians.

As payment for retrieving the princess''s ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.

A poor woodcutter''s two children, lost in the woods, come upon a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch. With illustrations showing characters with modern dress and possessions.

Mother Goat rescues six of her kids after they are swallowed by a wicked wolf.

A strange little man helps the miller''s daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.