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Snow White: Classic Tales


Classic Fairy Tales

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No. of pages 64

Published: 2014

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Great for age 12-18 years

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There is simply no more beloved fable in the Grimm Brothers' canon than the story of "Snow White" - and no fresher retelling than this sublimely illustrated new version from Camille Rose Garcia, the innovative artist whose unique, edgy vision enlivened the "New York Times" bestseller "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Garcia lets her imagination fly once again with this iconic tale of an evil queen, a charming prince, and a runaway princess seeking shelter and safety with seven little men. With not one but two new Hollywood versions of the treasured fairy tale in the offing - the first starring Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Lily Collins, and a second, "Snow White and the Huntsman", featuring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, and Nathan Lane - the timing could not be more perfect for a new literary Snow White to arise, awakened from an ageless sleep to live happily ever after once again.

 

This book is part of a book series called Classic Fairy Tales .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Plurus Books .

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German professors whose collections of folk tales and fairy tales have been loved for generations. Francesca Rossi has illustrated numerous children's books for White Star, including Who's Afraid of Witches? , Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? , Classic Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault , Classic Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm , Little Women , Gulliver's Travels , Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , and Around the World in Eighty Days .

This book contains the following story:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
A queen sat sewing and pricked her finger. A spot of blood fell on her white cloth and she sighed. 'How I wish I could have a daughter with cheeks as red as blood, hair as black as ivory and skin as white as snow'. The queen's wish was granted and soon she gave birth to a beautiful daughter who she named Snow White. But then the queen died and the king remarried. The new queen was very vain and every day she would ask her mirror 'Mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all', to which the mirror would reply, 'You are the fairest o queen'. Time passed and the queen got older and her face dropped, and Snow White grew into a beautiful woman. The day came when the mirror in all honesty could not say that the queen was the most beautiful of them all, but had to reply 'O queen lovely as you are, Snow White is now fairer'. The queen was very cross and ordered a huntsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her, bringing back her heart as proof of the deed. The huntsman could not bear to kill Snow White so he left her alive in the forest and took back the heart of an animal instead. But the mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive and living as a housemaid with seven dwarfs. The Queen set out to kill Snow White herself. When the girl ate the poisoned apple she dropped down as if dead and the Queen was satisfied. The dwarfs wept over the glass coffin. A prince was so taken with Snow White's beauty that he lifted her from the coffin, dislodging the apple and so brought her magically back to life. The two were married, and the Queen superceded.

This book is in the following series:

Classic Fairy Tales

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