'Unlike any children's book I've ever read. case with all of his books, everything in them not only happened in the real fairy tales. 'Gidwitz manages to balance the grisly violence of the original Grimms' fairy tales with a wonderful sense of humor and narrative voice. and in order to free them, she has to well, she has to do the same as. It may be frightening, it's certainly bloody, and it's definitely not for the faint of heart. OCTOBER 2013: A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz - A great read for older. Warlocks with dark spells, hunters with deadly aim, and bakers with ovens retrofitted for cooking children lurk within these pages.īut if you dare, turn the page and learn the true story of Hansel and Gretel - the story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses and outwitted witches.Ĭome on in.
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