The Juniper Tree and Other Tales (Pushkin Collection)

Fairy Stories and Fables.

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May 28, Eddie Watkins rated it it was amazing Shelves: There are few better combinations than a well-translated and complete Grimm's tale and an illustration by Maurice Sendak.

Each Sendak illustration in this collection there's about one illustration per tale is a tale in itself, dense with detail but balanced, simultaneously innocent and menacing, and saturated with narrative suggestion. This is a reissue of a classic collection. The book is well designed too, short and sturdy with clear text and the illustrations look almost like etchings.

Jun 28, Lars Guthrie rated it it was amazing. And I mean, wow. I had to drop all the things I thought about these stories, some of which "Hansel and Gretel," "Snow White," Rapunzel" I thought were etched into memory. Matter-of-fact and bizarre at the same time, a paradox emphasized and reinforced in Sendak's splendid illustrations. Here's what it made me think about successful narrative: A good story is about events that we can never really understand served up in a structure that we do.

Sep 28, Graychin rated it really liked it. A choice selection of Grimm tales, well translated — with all the weird violence intact. I picked this up for two bucks at a local used bookshop and consider it one of my best finds of the year.

Nov 10, Oliver Bateman rated it it was amazing. Jul 15, Deirdre rated it really liked it Shelves: Wowowow I love Maurice Sendak. Also whoever translated these stories - the prose is simple, readable, unadorned, complete with the odd, endearing ending tags of some tales not the kind where the stepmother dances dead in red-hot iron shoes, but the kind where there's a little rhyme or sentence from the storyteller to the audience. Sendak and his fellow artist did an excellent job capturing the slightly surreal, slightly creepy, slightly claustrophobic atmosphere of Grimm fairytales - even when Wowowow I love Maurice Sendak.

Sendak and his fellow artist did an excellent job capturing the slightly surreal, slightly creepy, slightly claustrophobic atmosphere of Grimm fairytales - even when these stories are funny there is always something heartbreaking under the surface or around the next corner. And Sendak's illustrations are brilliant. There's one illustration per story, and it's so intriguing to see which moments he illustrated, how he depicts his characters, and what else is going on in his pictures.

I found the original hardcover two-volume boxed set at my favourite used bookstore in Wolfville, NS when I was there on my vacation and couldn't resist. So now I also own this beautiful object. Would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in fairy tales. The desire to read these again, so many, many years after my introduction, is purely nostalgic. My grandmother had a love of stories, particularly folk talks, and fairy tales; one that I share.

She presented me with her copy shortly after its publication. Continuing my efforts to return to the tales of my youth, and finding it in my library, made this the perfect next selection.

A new translation of twenty-seven of the two-hundred and ten tales published by Grimm. Several of the stories are unco The desire to read these again, so many, many years after my introduction, is purely nostalgic.

Editorial Reviews

Several of the stories are uncommon, juxtaposed next to those tales most everyone knows; ranging in length from a page, and a half, to ten pages for the longest ones. My favorites of the lesser known are Mrs. The illustrations by Maurice Sendak are the best of his I have ever seen. They capture a moment in his unique style of disproportional bodies, and detailed realism for nature and her creatures. A picture of each tale. Nov 08, Marianne Evans rated it it was amazing. As a child, I beg my mother tell me nursery stories.

Reading these wonderful stories satisfied my hunger and filled that childish void. May 11, Susanna Grant rated it it was amazing. Totally delicious serving up of the dark, strange, and violent tales of the brothers Grimm. Devoured this one as a kid and loved every minute. Sep 23, Rachel rated it liked it Shelves: The tales are intense, and the narrative style fits the tradition of oral storytelling. Though only 27 out of stories are represented in this collection, they are spread out between two volumes and range from well-known to often forgotten. It seems as though these stories are meant to be read independently of each other, and read aloud by an adult to a child or just as an adult.

Nov 04, Catherine rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Translated faithfully and without any alterations, this collection brings the grace and precision of Segal and Jarrell's prose to these famous stories.

A delightful poster issued to publicize the publication of The Big Book for Peace. Sendak's cover image of a Wild Thing with a bird's nest on his head also appeared in the book, as did contributions from dozens of the children's book industry's finest tal. The Miami Giant Poster Price: Let The Rumpus Start Price: Drawings and Watercolors Price: Dear Mili First Edition Price: This tale of sacrifice, loss and ultimate reward was first written by Wilhelm Grimm.