The Robber Bridegroom Brothers Grimm Penguin Group

A sumptuous treasury of original fairytales from the brothers Grimm, introduced by award-winning author Cornelia Funke and with full colour illustrations by artists Quentin Blake, Raymond Briggs, Axel Scheffler, Oliver Jeffers, Helen Oxenbury and Emma Chichester Clark celebrating the bicentenary of the first volume of Grimms' original fairytales • From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses, magical beasts and cunning children. From classics such as 'The Frog Prince' and 'Hansel and Grettel' to the delights of 'Ashputtel' - the original Cinderella - all hold a timeless magic which has enthralled children for generations

Перед вами драгоценная антология сказок братьев Гримм, дополненная старинными иллюстрациями • От Белоснежки до Золушки, от Рапунцель до Румпельштильцхена - братья Гримм оставили после себя целый канон историй, которые стали литературной классикой и классикой детства. Их волшебные сказк стали жизненно важной частью нашей истории и культуры • В этом издание сказок Братьев Гримм представлены 14 сказок • - Король-лягушонок • - Рапунцель • - Гензель и Гретель • - Храбрый портняжка • - Золушка • - Госпожа Метелица • - Белоснежка • - Румпельштильцхен • - Звездные талеры • - Кот в сапогах • - Золотой гусь • - Двенадцать танцующих принцесс • Книга на английском языке • A precious anthology of Brothers Grimm fairy tales, complete with vintage illustrations • From Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childhood classics

"Иллюстрированные сказки" - фантастическая сокровищница историй, которые гарантированно приведут в восторг маленьких детей. Включает десять классических сказок таких авторов, как Братья Гримм и Ганс Кристиан Андерсен, в том числе "Король-лягушонок", "Красная шапочка" и "Принцесса-лебедь" • Книга на английском языке • A fantastic treasury of stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes ten classic fairytales by authors such as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, including The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. All stories feature charming and vivid illustrations. A gorgeous giftbook with an attractive hardback cover and a ribbon marker

Your favourite fantastic Grimm fairy tales and bedtime stories in the only complete edition of this classic collection • Wolves and grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made of bread, a goose made of gold...the folk tales collected by the Grimm brothers created an astonishingly influential imaginative world. However, this is also a world where a woman serves her stepson up in a stew, a man marries a snake, a princess sleeps with a frog, and an evil queen dances to death in a pair of burning shoes. Violent, funny, disturbing, wise and sometimes beautiful, these stories have intrigued children, adults, scholars, psychologists and artists for centuries • The only complete edition available of the most famous collection of fairy tales ever published, this collection features the 279 stories in an acclaimed, modern, unexpurgated translation

Якоб Гримм (1785-1863) и его брат Вильгельм (1786-1859) были филологами и фольклористами. Братья заново открыли для читателей множество сказок, рассказывающих о принцах и принцессах в замках, ведьмах в башнях и лесах, о великанах и карликах, о сказочных животных и темных деяниях. Наряду с хорошо известными сказками о Рапунцель, девочке-гусыне, Спящей красавице, Гензеле и Гретель и Белоснежке, существуют более мрачные сказки, такие как "Вестники смерти", которые заслуживают большей известности и которые понравятся не только всем, кто интересуется историей фольклора, но и для всех тех, кто просто любит хорошо рассказывать истории • Книга на английском языке • Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists and folklorists

Spring has sprung in the United Woodlands, and the animals of Woodland Intelligence (WI6) are celebrating with a barbecue. But when a mysterious attack from the skies bursts Beaver Dam wide open, the woodland is flooded! The head of WI6 suspects foul play • It's time to call Agent Weasel, woodland super-spy. Can he manage a daring underwater rescue? Will he notice the clues leading high into the treetops? Will he ever get over the drowning of his precious biscuit collection? Find out in this wild and watery tale, with glorious illustrations throughout

Zenia is beautiful, smart and greedy, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless; a man's dream and a woman''s nightmare. She is also dead. Just to make sure Tony, Roz andd Charis are there for the funeral. But five years on, as the three women share an indulgent, sisterly lunch, the unthinkable happens; 'with waves of ill will flowing out of her like cosmic radiation', Zenia is back

Buenos Aires, 1976. Osvaldo Ferrero, a distinguished doctor, and his wife Yolanda escape the city with their daughters, sensible Julieta and wilful Graciela, who is nineteen and madly in love. On their return, the Argentine military stages a coup. Friends disappear overnight, and Osvaldo is forced to flee to Europe. When her fiance is abducted, Graciela goes into hiding, then she vanishes in turn. As Yolanda fights on the ground for some trace of their beloved daughter, she soon realises she may be fighting for an unknown grandchild as well…