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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Grimm, Jacob , Grimm, Wilhelm

The Six Swans

32 pp. | North-South | June, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7358-4172-7 $17.95
(3) K-3 Translated by Anthea Bell. Illustrated by Gerda Raidt. The historical note by folklorist Jack Zipes emphasizes the familial love at the heart of this smoothly translated story of the little sister who sacrifices herself, vowing silence and weaving shirts to transform her brothers, imprisoned in swan bodies by their evil stepmother's spell. Finely detailed illustrations capture both the story's darkness and its moments of domestic happiness.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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