Grimm Tales for Young and Old Audiobook (Unabridged)

" These cheerful and lovingly crafted retellings of fifty Grimm tales, both famous and lesser-known, were a joy to read. Some of the stories I have loved my whole life, and others were new to me and thoroughly entertaining. It's abundantly clear that Pullman has a great deal of affection and respect for these tales and he has given them a buff and polish that restores them to their full storytelling potential. This book has become my go-to fairytales anthology and makes a beautiful addition to my bookshelf! "

" Pullman's translations of German fairy tales are magically fascinating and linguistically pleasing. Along with the perpetual favorites, he includes in this collection many lesser-known tales, which are not only entertaining and intriguing, but also serve to shed further light on the characteristic elements of this traditional style of story-telling. "

" I really enjoyed this; if you've ever liked fairy tales, you will too. It might be that simple. I read one or two of these a night literally as a bedtime story, and I'm sure will someday buy a copy of my own so I can keep rereading them in the same way. Pullman also adds just the right amount of endnote to each story, without going overboard on interpretation or history. His notes are actually just as fun to read as the stories themselves. "

" a perfect book. pullman's modern english translation is timely, and wonderfully executed. read it to fall in love with the gory glory of the grimms' fairy tales all over again. you won't be disappointed. highly recommended. "

" This book has led me to the realization that I don't like reading fairy tales! I enjoyed the forward and the notes on some of the stories, but I don't tend to find short stories to be very satisfying, and this was no exception. "

" I enjoyed this book, I love Fairy Tales like this and my daughter does as well, so I would recommend that you read it and then pass it on for someone else to read! It was a very good book! "

" Great retelling of old favourites- I loved Phillip Pullman's dry commentary at the end of each story, and the use of simple imagery to evoke such rich images. The use of vaguely unhygienic habits ( such as picking bugs out of hair and not taking showers) was a highlight! "

" Not very well written- obviously for children and not meant to be thought about or questioned. Many stories just end without closure to the stories. Some new tales which were fun to read but none were very different from the traditional tales, which is what I had been led to believe. "

" An interesting read. Some fairy tales were familiar but a lot were new to me, even tho I've read a book of Grimms' tales long ago as a kid. Good for older children to read. "

" This is such a lovely retelling of the fairy tales as we've known before growing up, and continue to enjoy even after growing up. "

" Now this really was a good book, borrowed from the library and read over christmas, I love real gritty fairy tales "

" I got part of the way through it. I thought this would be a re-telling of the fairy tales--not merely a Pullman-edited version of work of the brothers Grimm. "

" Definitely my favorite collection of fairy/folk tales ever. It has all the classics and some of the more obscure tales with great source notes and author commentary. I'd love to own this. "

" Good book has some fairytales I remember my mother reading to me as a child. My son and I read a story every night. We love the stories in this book and the twists at the end are great too. "