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Grimm Tales: For Young and Old
by Philip Pullman
Grimm Tales For Young and Old pitches between nostalgic and darkly amusing, with the classic tales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood and some less well-known fairytales like The Mouse, The Bird and The Sausage (lol) and Hans-My-Hedgehog.
With a surprising amount for gore and violence this is probably not one I would ever read to a child, but it maintains the familiar lessons in morality and tropes that were part of all children’s stories.
Here’s what I learned:
1. if someone offers you an easy way out of a taxing task there is probably one hell of a catch
2. be happy with what you have and don’t be greedy
3. be nice to everyone and especially never offend witches
4. if someone tells you not to do something or there will be dire consequences, definitely do not do that thing
5. don’t judge people based on their appearance
6. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is
7. stepmothers may want to kill you
With a surprising amount for gore and violence this is probably not one I would ever read to a child, but it maintains the familiar lessons in morality and tropes that were part of all children’s stories.
Here’s what I learned:
1. if someone offers you an easy way out of a taxing task there is probably one hell of a catch
2. be happy with what you have and don’t be greedy
3. be nice to everyone and especially never offend witches
4. if someone tells you not to do something or there will be dire consequences, definitely do not do that thing
5. don’t judge people based on their appearance
6. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is
7. stepmothers may want to kill you