Age: Germany

Materials from Germany

Rumpelstiltskin

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

When the king charges the miller’s beautififul daughter with spinning straw into gold she makes an ill-advised deal with the cunning Rumpelstiltskin.

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Outfoxing the Fox

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

Once there was a little fox who thought he was too smart for school. After all, he thought, foxes are clever already. A fox like himself could certainly outwit a chicken.

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Real Time

By Book Importer | Published: March 30, 2010

Sixteen-year-old Tomas Wanninger persuades his mother to let him leave Germany to volunteer at a kibbutz in Israel, where he experiences a violent political attack and finds answers about his own past. Read more about Real Time in WOW Review.

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The Fisherman and His Wife

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

A kind and gentle fisherman catches a talking dolphin. The wondrous beast begs to be freed, and the fisherman gladly complies. Aghast that her husband has asked for nothing in return from the dolphin, the fisherman’s wife insists that he find the creature and ask that it grant them a wish. Given one wish, the [...]

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Snow White

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Stunningly beautiful, this lavish rendition of the beloved Snow White is embellished with an appealing and innovative twist.

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Hansel and Gretel

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

This book provides young readers with a new twist on a classic tale as Hansel and Gretel accidentally come across Glut Annie Stout and realize they must find a way to escape from her dangerous home in order to return to their father and his health food store.

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The Bremen Town Musicians

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers.

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Snow White

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Spared by her would-be executioner, Snow White finds a home with seven kindly dwarfs, but the hateful queen who wants her dead will stop at nothing to be the most beautiful woman in the land. A poisoned apple seems to send Snow White to her death, but true love brings her back, and good once [...]

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The Sleeping Beauty

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Enraged at not being invited to the princess’ christening, the thirteenth fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.

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The Wedding of Mistress Fox

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

As she rejects suitor after suitor, the recently widowed Mistress Fox almost despairs of finding a new husband with the same wonderful qualities as the late Mr. Fox.

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