A tale dark & Grimm /
Tale dark and Grimm
Adam Gidwitz.
- New York : Puffin Books, 2011, c2010.
- 256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
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