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| sisters grimm 4: Once Upon a Crime Michael Buckley, 2009-07-10 When the fairy-tale detectives rush to New York City to find an Everafter who can cure Puck, they trigger a chain of events that includes a murder mystery, and learn many new things about their mother, who is in an enchanted sleep. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Everafter War (Sisters Grimm #7) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 Picking up after the dramatic cliffhanger that ended Book Six, Sabrina and Daphne’s prayers are finally answered when their parents awake from their sleeping spell. But their happy reunion is short-lived, as they are caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming’s Everafter army. As the family works to help the prince’s ragtag group of rebels and protect their friends, Sabrina comes face-to-face with the family’s deadliest enemy—the mysterious Master—who reveals a secret so shocking it will rock the entire family to its core. F&P level: U |
| sisters grimm 4: The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects - #2 Michael Buckley, 2005-10-01 Ferryport Landing is having a monster problem, and the sisters Grimm try to solve it. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Council of Mirrors (Sisters Grimm #9) Michael Buckley, 2012-04-24 The thrilling conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series! Grany Relda’s body has been hijacked by the Master, and it’s up to Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms to fight for her freedom and that of Ferryport Landing in the series’s grand finale. As war rips the town apart, Sabrina consults a team of magic mirrors, who prophesize that the only way the good guys will win is if she leads the army herself. Now, Sabrina controls the fate of all the Everafters, the very people who have made her life so difficult since she and Daphne arrived in Ferryport Landing. Will they listen to a Grimm? And can she really save them? Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: Once Upon a Crime (Sisters Grimm #4) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 Fairy-tale characters take over New York City in the fourth installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series For the first time since their parents were kidnapped, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm return to their hometown, New York City, to find Puck’s family. But the fairy-tale detectives get more than they bargained for in the Big Apple: wand-wielding fairy godfathers, swashbuckling Wall Street pirates, subway-stealing dwarfs, and—worst of all—hidden among these urban Everafters, a murderer. This isn’t the city Sabrina so fondly remembers: the place where she spent happy, normal days with her family. Even her memories of her parents aren’t safe. As the sisters Grimm investigate the death of an innocent Everafter, they learn that their mother kept a secret from them that might lead to the heart of that evil organization, the Scarlet Hand. Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm #3) Michael Buckley, 2017-05-02 With the help of a long lost relative, and a little magic, Sabrina Grimm and her sister Daphne try to find out who has kidnapped their parents and rescue them. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm #7) Michael Buckley, 2018-03-20 |
| sisters grimm 4: A Very Grimm Guide Michael Buckley, 2012 This guide to the story behind the Grimm family and sisters Sabrina and Daphne features chapters on heroes, villains, the magical treasury, and much more, including the greatest pranks of the irrepressible Puck. |
| sisters grimm 4: Foghorn Flattery and the Dancing Horses Barbara Steiner, 2014-07-08 When a Vienna show horse is stolen, the Flattery siblings will stop at nothing to find the steed and solve the case C.C. and Foghorn Flattery love traveling around the world with their dad for his freelance writing assignments. Their latest stop is Vienna—a city of beauty, culture, and of course, the Spanish Riding School. C.C. can’t wait to see the famous dancing horses, but when they get to the school, they discover that one of the stallions has been stolen! It’s up to Foghorn and C.C. to track down the missing horse and return him to his rightful owners. But to do so, they’ll have to escape a circus, hide out in a spooky castle, and outsmart the thieves before it’s too late! |
| sisters grimm 4: The Sisters Grimm: A Very Grimm Guide Michael Buckley, 2012-01-01 An illustrated, comprehensive guide to the New York Times–bestselling Sisters Grimm series. Fascinating and funny, this behind-the-scenes look at the world of the Sisters Grimm is the perfect companion to the bestselling series that’s full of magic and adventure, combining classic fairy tales and modern sensibilities. Gathered here are maps, case files, journal entries, records of life in Ferryport Landing, character biographies, a Grimm family timeline, dozens of fairy tale “facts,” and candid commentary from fan-favorite character Puck. For generations, the Grimm family has guarded the world’s fairy tale characters. Now you can be guardian of your own fairy tale treasury with this artfully designed book about the world of the Sisters Grimm. |
| sisters grimm 4: Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird Vivian Vande Velde, 2005-08-01 Welcome to the fairy-tale world where Hansel and Gretel are horrible children who deserve to be baked and where Beauty is dismayed when her beloved Beast turns human. In the realm of the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird, when the sky really does fall, Chicken Little becomes the leader of a religious movement, gets her own TV show, collects millions of dollars to build a theme park, and then makes off with the money. These tongue-in-cheek interpretations of more than a dozen favorite fairy tales will have readers in stitches. |
| sisters grimm 4: A Tale Dark and Grimm Adam Gidwitz, 2011-09-01 A Netflix animated series - Autumn 2021! Reader: beware. Warlocks with dark spells, hunters with deadly aim, and bakers with ovens retrofitted for cooking children lurk within these pages. But if you dare, turn the page and learn the true story of Hansel and Gretel - the story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses and outwitted witches. Come on in. It may be frightening, it's certainly bloody, and it's definitely not for the faint of heart. 'Gidwitz manages to balance the grisly violence of the original Grimms' fairy tales with a wonderful sense of humor and narrative voice. Check it out!' Rick Riordan 'Unlike any children's book I've ever read. [It] holds up to multiple readings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be' New York Times 'An audacious debut that's wicked smart and wicked funny' Publisher's Weekly, starred review 'Addictively compelling' School Library Journal, starred review |
| sisters grimm 4: Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox Michael Buckley, 2021-03-02 From the New York Times bestselling author of the Sisters Grimm and NERDS comes a new action-packed middle-grade series with aliens, robots, and kids saving the world! Finn Foley has a lunchbox, and when he opens it, weird things come out . . . like a seven-foot-tall robot and a strange, blinking device that glues itself to his chest. The lunchbox also opens wormholes--shortcuts through space--that take Finn to the farthest corners of the galaxy. Sounds awesome, right? Not so much. Rocketing through the cosmos attracts the attention of the Plague, a race of gigantic bugs. The thing on Finn's chest belongs to them--it's the most dangerous weapon in the universe--and they want it back. To fight the Plague, Finn will need the lunchbox, as well as an unlikely squad: Lincoln, the bully; Julep, the coolest girl in school; Kate, Finn's unicorn-obsessed little sister; and Highbeam, a robot spy from another galaxy. If they can learn to work together, they just might have a chance, but the bugs are coming, and they'll stop at nothing to get their weapon--even if it means destroying the world. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Case of the Purple Pool (Book 7) Lewis B. Montgomery, 2011-08-01 The Milo & Jazz Mysteries stars two kid detectives-in-training who use STEM problem-solving skills as they race to unravel cases and save the day! Perfect for fans of Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen and Nate the Great. How can a pool suddenly turn purple? And who could be behind it? Detective duo Milo and Jazz make a splash as they investigate their most colorful case yet! This ideal series for beginning readers making the transition to chapter books has incredible Super Sleuthing activities in each book, including hidden pictures, puzzles, mini-mysteries, and quizzes—plus free online activities. |
| sisters grimm 4: Gris Grimly's Tales from the Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, 2016-07-26 The Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales are brought to life for a new generation of readers in their original, uncut form by the modern master of gothic horror, Gris Grimly. Grimm. The name alone is enough to call to mind any number of the timeless fairy tales collected by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm in the early nineteenth century. These folktales have been told and retold in many forms for over two centuries, and while the particular mix of fantasy, adventure, and wonder that defined their seven-volume collection has endured, the terror, violence, and darkness of the original stories has often been lost in translation. Enter Gris Grimly, who has faithfully reproduced the original text of a selection of tales and adorned them with his own inimitable artwork. The result is a Grimm collection unlike any other, set in a world that is whimsically sinister, darkly vivid, and completely unforgettable. |
| sisters grimm 4: Cracked Michele Martin Bossley, 2007-03-01 Trevor, Nick and Robyn are ready to solve another mystery. When bobsledder Josh Gantz is accused of deliberately injuring a fellow competitor, he runs the risk of being thrown out of the sport -- right before the World Cup. Courtney Gantz asks Trevor, Nick and Robyn to help clear her brother's name. Can they find out who framed Josh? What is the meaning of the strange coded messages they keep finding around Olympic Park? Who eats orange bananas, anyway? The kids must unearth the clues in a race against time, before Josh's championship dreams end up on ice. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery in Skyscraper City Jerry West, 1959 The Hollisters investigate a mysterious note found in an old book about the history of tunnels under New York City. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales Jacob Grimm, 2018-01-06 Once upon a time in a fairy tale world, There were magical mirrors and golden slippers;Castles and fields and mountains of glass,Houses of bread and windows of sugar.Frogs transformed into handsome Princes,And big bad wolves into innocent grandmothers.There were evil queens and wicked stepmothers;Sweethearts, true brides, and secret lovers. In the same fairy world, A poor boy has found a golden key and an iron chest, and We must wait until he has quite unlocked it and opened the lid . . . A classic collection of timeless folk tales by Grimm Brothers, Grimm' s Fairy Tales are not only enchanting, mysterious, and amusing, but also frightening and intriguing. Delighting children and adults alike, these tales have undergone several adaptations over the decades. This edition with black-and-white illustrations is a translation by Margaret Hunt. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Sisters Grimm: Council of Mirrors Michael Buckley, 2018-04-17 Grany Relda’s body has been hijacked by the Master, and it’s up to Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms to fight for her freedom and that of Ferryport Landing in the series’s grand finale. As war rips the town apart, Sabrina consults a team of magic mirrors, who prophesize that the only way the good guys will win is if she leads the army herself. Now, Sabrina controls the fate of all the Everafters, the very people who have made her life so difficult since she and Daphne arrived in Ferryport Landing. Will they listen to a Grimm? And can she really save them? Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (NERDS Book One) Michael Buckley, 2013-09-03 NERDS combines all the excitement of international espionage with all the awkwardness of elementary school, and the results are hilarious. A group of unpopular fifth graders run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities! Their enemies? An array of James Bond–style villains, each with an evil plan more diabolical and more ridiculous than the last. Publishers Weekly raved: “Buckley has a flair for exaggerated humor.” School Library Journal said: “Funny, clever, and thoroughly entertaining.” |
| sisters grimm 4: The Unteachables Gordon Korman, 2019-01-08 A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher—perfect for fans of Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. A good choice for summer reading or anytime! The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic train wrecks. Like Aldo, with anger management issues; Parker, who can’t read; Kiana, who doesn’t even belong in the class—or any class; and Elaine (rhymes with pain). The Unteachables have been removed from the student body and isolated in room 117. Their teacher is Mr. Zachary Kermit, the most burned-out teacher in all of Greenwich. He was once a rising star, but his career was shattered by a cheating scandal that still haunts him. After years of phoning it in, he is finally one year away from early retirement. But the superintendent has his own plans to torpedo that idea—and it involves assigning Mr. Kermit to the Unteachables. The Unteachables never thought they’d find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction—and maybe even a shot at redemption. |
| sisters grimm 4: Seven Wild Sisters Charles de Lint, Charles Vess, 2014-02-04 This full-color, illustrated companion novel to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest includes beautiful bookmaking, lovely storytelling, and wondrous illustrations....Readers will be enchanted (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This captivating adventure from two masters of modern fantasy is a story of magic, family, and the power in believing in both. Sarah Jane has always wanted to meet a fairy, but she has no idea that the tiny wounded man she discovers in the Tanglewood Forest is about to ensnare her in a longtime war between rival magical clans. When her six sisters are kidnapped and split up by the opposing sides, she'll need the help of several friends--from the reclusive Aunt Lillian to the mysterious Apple Tree Man--to bring them home. But if they don't untangle themselves from the feud quickly, they could all be trapped in the fairy world forever. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly noted the lyrical narrative blends a contemporary setting with a fairy tale that might have been plucked from a distinctly different time and place. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Four Gallant Sisters Eric A. Kimmel, 1992-05-15 Four orphaned sisters disguise themselves as men so as to go out into the world and learn a trade. Once each sister has become highly skilled, they join the household of a young king where they rescue a princess and her brothers from the clutches of a dragon. After they've proven that they are not only skilled but courageous, intelligent, insightful, and wise, they have to face one more challenge. Will they continue to convince the king that they're men? And having met four young princes, do the four sisters want to? Eric A. Kimmel has combined and reformulated two Grimm Brothers stories to give us a view of girls who are active and powerful and good-who do the rescuing themselves and end up living happily ever after. The story takes place in a richly textured court filled with traditional splendor, which Tatyana Uditskaya modeled after sixteenth-century Flemish and Spanish paintings. |
| sisters grimm 4: Hansel and Gretel Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, 2008 Lisbeth Zerger, winner of the 1990 Hans Christian Andersen Medal, brings her distinctive talent to the timeless story of two innocent children who lose their way in the dark forest. When the siblings happen upon the gingerbread house of a wicked witch, they unwittingly stumble into one of the most enduring fairy tales of all time. As the witch tries to fatten poor Hansel, and Gretel cunningly outsmarts her, Ms. Zwerger's illustrations winningly portray the haunting witch, the daring escape, and the welcome return to their loving father. This wonderful reissue of a childhood favourite will be cherished by children and adults everywhere who appreciate beautiful books. |
| sisters grimm 4: Scooby-Doo in Super Spies Maria S. Barbo, 2016-08-15 Scooby and Shaggy are playing spies. They decide to spy on Daphne and discover that she is missing! It's up to the two super spies to solve the case and find Daphne. |
| sisters grimm 4: Kel Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show Michael Buckley, 2012-09-01 Invites the reader to join the adoring fans who watch a preschooler perform such daring stunts as eating broccoli, dressing himself, and going to bed without checking for monsters. |
| sisters grimm 4: Sisters Grimm: #4 Once Upon a Crime Michael Buckley, For the first time since their parents were kidnapped, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm return to their home town, New York City, to find Puck's family. But the fairytale detectives get more than they bargained for in the Big Apple: wand-wielding fairy godfathers, swashbuckling Wall Street pirates, subway-stealing dwarves and, worst of all, hidden among these urban Everafters, a murderer. This isn't the city Sabrina remembers, the place where she spent happy, normal days with her family. Even her memories of her parents aren't safe. As the sisters Grimm investigate the death of an important Everafter, they learn that their mother kept a secret from them that might lead to the heart of that evil organisation, the Scarlet Hand. |
| sisters grimm 4: Into the Woods Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph), 2004 |
| sisters grimm 4: The Sisters Grimm 9-Book Collection Michael Buckley, 2024-12-24 Dive into the enchanting adventures of Sabrina and Daphne Grimm in this complete 9-volume collection of The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley. Perfect for young readers and fantasy enthusiasts, this series combines mystery, humor, and fairy tale magic in a captivating way. Key Features: * Complete Series: All 9 volumes in one collection, offering hours of reading pleasure. * Engaging Storyline: Follow the Grimm sisters as they uncover secrets, solve mysteries, and encounter beloved fairy tale characters. * Perfect for All Ages: Ideal for middle-grade readers, but enjoyable for anyone who loves a good fairy tale twist. * Beautifully Illustrated: Includes illustrations that bring the magical world to life. Why You'll Love It: * Bestselling Series: Join millions of readers who have fallen in love with the Grimm sisters' adventures. * Award-Winning Author: Written by Michael Buckley, a New York Times bestselling author. * Great Gift Idea: Perfect for birthdays, holidays, or any special occasion. Customer Reviews: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A must-read for any fairy tale lover! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My kids couldn't put it down. Highly recommend! Unlock the magic and mystery of The Sisters Grimm today! Add this complete 9-volume collection to your cart and embark on a fairy tale adventure like no other. The complete series: Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are fairy-tale detectives, responsible for keeping the peace in their new home of Ferryport Landing. Follow along as they fight a giant in The Fairy-Tale Detectives, solve a monster mystery at school in The Unusual Suspects, rescue their parents in The Problem Child, chase a murderer in New York City in Once Upon a Crime, save their family’s future in Magic and Other Misdemeanors, defend the Big Bad Wolf in Tales From the Hood, deal with a major betrayal in The Everafter War, get lost in a book in The Inside Story, and fight the evil Master in The Council of Mirrors. |
| sisters grimm 4: Once Upon a Crime Michael Buckley, 2008-04 For use in schools and libraries only. In the long-awaited fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series, the Grimms take on New York City! |
| sisters grimm 4: The Sisters Grimm Book 4 Michael Buckley, 2008-04-01 Includes an excerpt from Magic and other misdemeanors. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Problem Child (Sisters Grimm #3) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 The fairy-tale detectives set out to rescue their parents in the third book of the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series For Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, the latest in a long line of fairy-tale detectives, there is one mystery they want to solve above all others: Who kidnapped their parents? Sabrina finds the secret hideaway of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who are holding her parents captive, and she has a chance to rescue their mom and dad. But her plan is foiled by the most famous fairy-tale character in the world. How can a human child defeat a magic one? With the help of her little sister (who is a lot tougher than Sabrina realizes) and a long-lost relative, Sabrina finds a powerful weapon . . . but discovers that magic comes at a high price. Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Unusual Suspects (Sisters Grimm #2) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 A mystery at school leads the fairy-tale detectives to monsters in the second book of the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series For Sabrina Grimm, living in a community of fairy-tale characters means always being ready for trouble. And something is definitely wrong at her new school. The adults seem too angry, the kids seem too mean, and the gym teacher likes dodgeball way too much. Of course, her little sister, Daphne, is having the time of her life. (Who wouldn’t, with Snow White for a teacher—she’s great with little people!) But when Sabrina’s teacher, Mr. Grumpner, is found dead, dangling in a giant spiderweb, even Daphne’s convinced that Ferryport Landing Elementary has a monster problem. Can the Sisters Grimm get to the bottom of this sticky situation? Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: Tales from the Hood (Sisters Grimm #6) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 The Big Bad Wolf is on trial, and it’s up to the Sisters Grimm to prove his innocence in the sixth adventure in the beloved New York Times bestselling fantasy series In Ferryport Landing, everyone gets their day in court—even the Big Bad Wolf. Mr. Canis is put on trial for past crimes, and Mayor Heart’s kangaroo court is sure to find him guilty. It’s up to the Grimms to uncover evidence to save their friend, though Sabrina starts to wonder whether they would all be safer with the Wolf in jail. Despite her misgivings, Sabrina and her sister, Daphne, investigate what really happened in the Big Bad Wolf’s most famous tale—and the real story might bring long-awaited justice for more than just Mr. Canis! Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: Magic and Other Misdemeanors (Sisters Grimm #5) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 The Sisters Grimm set out to catch a thief in this fifth adventure in the beloved New York Times bestselling fantasy series In this latest adventure, intrepid fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm investigate a sudden streak of magical thefts that might add up to a very grim future for their family, who are not so popular in Ferryport Landing these days. With Granny Relda desperately scrambling to pay Mayor Heart’s outrageous taxes on humans, the Sisters Grimm tackle their first solo case—with a little help from Puck, of course. Meanwhile, their old friend Mr. Canis seems to be losing his grip on his human self, becoming more like the Big Bad Wolf every day. Can Sabrina and Daphne solve the crime and change their family’s future for the better? Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: The Fairy-Tale Detectives (Sisters Grimm #1) Michael Buckley, 2011-04-22 Enter a world of fractured fairy tales and magical mysteries in this first installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series Orphaned sisters Sabrina and Daphne are sent to live with their newly discovered grandmother, Relda Grimm, in the strange town of Ferryport Landing. The girls soon learn a family secret: that they are descendants of the famous Brothers Grimm, whose book of fairy tales is actually a history book. When a terrorizing giant goes on a rampage through the town, it’s up to the Sisters Grimm to stop him and to solve the mystery of who set the giant loose in the first place. Was it Mayor Charming, formerly Prince Charming, who desperately wants his kingdom back? The Three Not-So-Little Pigs, the shifty town cops? Or one of the many other fairy-tale characters who seem to have it out for the Grimms? Repackaged in paperback with new cover art, these anniversary editions of the beloved Sisters Grimm series are the perfect opportunity for existing fans to revisit the adventures of the Grimm family and for new readers to discover the magic of the series for the first time. |
| sisters grimm 4: "Throw the book away" Amie A. Doughty, 2013-05-11 Children's literature is an excellent way to educate children, on everything from social behavior and beliefs to attitudes toward education itself. A major aspect of children's literature is the importance of books and reading. Books represent adult authority. This book examines the role that books, reading and writing play in children's fantasy fiction, from books that act as artifacts of power (The Abhorsen Trilogy, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Harry Potter) to interactive books (The Neverending Story, Malice, Inkheart) to books with character-writers (Percy Jackson, Captain Underpants). The author finds that although books and reading often play a prominent role in fantasy for children, the majority of young protagonists gain self-sufficiency not by reading but specifically by moving beyond books and reading. |
| sisters grimm 4: Reid's Read-Alouds Rob Reid, 2009 Best-selling author Rob Reid makes reading aloud to children and teens easy by selecting titles in high-interest topics published between 2000 and 2008. |
| sisters grimm 4: Preserving the Spell Armando Maggi, 2015-07-21 Once upon a time, glass slippers, poison apples, evil stepmothers, fairy godmothers, and princes charming exerted a magnetic hold, cast a magic spell, on adults and children alike. Real-life anxieties fostered a need for stories that assuage. But the world changes, and Maggi asks here whether fairy tales have found a way to transform themselves to keep up. He says no, they haven t. The genre of fairy tale has become contaminated, it has been entitized, like processed food, fossilized as Disney-esque icons. We need to rediscover the marvelous, the oneiric trance of dazzling dreams or horrid torments. We need a new mythic lens to help us understand reality, but to chart what that might be, it is necessary to understand the history of the various traditions of oral and written narrative that intersect with each other across time and space. He goes to Giambattista Basile for the Ur fairy tales, with a special focus on the emblematic Cupid and Psyche myth, an anchor for Maggi s wide-ranging investigation of essential variations on fairy tales (with oppositions of beauty/ugly, human/divine, apparent/real). The transformations of later Italian, French, English, and German traditions come to a head with the Brothers Grimm in 19t-century Germany. Maggi brilliantly weaves the traditions into the 20th century, in memoirs such as those by Joan Didion, in postmodern novels such as Robert Coover s, and, in a final manifestation, in the convulsively, bleakly beautiful movie, Beasts of the Southern Wild. This book offers profound reflections on reading fairy tales, on the inherent human need for narrative-myth (and, ultimately, for hope), showing us why we tell tales and how these stories transform over time. He offers, in an appendix, the first translation of the original Grimm edition of Basile s 50 tales. |
| sisters grimm 4: Cocktails with George and Martha Philip Gefter, 2024-02-13 Very smart and entertaining . . . dishy-yet-earnest . . . Gefter shows why Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the '60s like a torpedo.-NPR, Fresh Air “Raucous, unpredictable, wild, and affecting.”-Entertainment Weekly An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbreaking film it became, and how two iconic stars changed the image of marriage forever. From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalized critics but magnetized audiences. Across 644 sold-out Broadway performances, the drama demolished the wall between what could and couldn't be said on the American stage and marked a definitive end to the I Love Lucy 1950s. Then, Hollywood took a colossal gamble on Albee's sophisticated play-and won. Costarring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the sensational 1966 film minted first-time director Mike Nichols as industry royalty and won five Oscars. How this scorching play became a movie classic-surviving censorship attempts, its director's inexperience, and its stars' own tumultuous marriage-is one of the most riveting stories in all of cinema. Now, acclaimed author Philip Gefter tells that story in full for the first time, tracing Woolf from its hushed origins in Greenwich Village's bohemian enclave, through its tormented production process, to its explosion onto screens across America and a permanent place in the canon of cinematic marriages. This deliciously entertaining book explores how two couples-one fictional, one all too real-forced a nation to confront its most deeply held myths about relationships, sex, family, and, against all odds, love. |
Sisters (American TV series) - Wikipedia
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Sisters is an American family drama television series that aired from May 11, 1991, to May 4, 1996, on NBC. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were also the executive …
Sisters (TV Series 1991–1996) - IMDb
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Jul 16, 2012 · "Sisters" follows the lives and loves of four close, but very different, sisters of the Reed family living in Winnetka, Illinois. Alex, the oldest, is a...
1000-Lb. Sisters’ Tammy Slaton Has Skin Removal Surgery ...
6 days ago · Sisters’ star Tammy Slaton opens up about undergoing her long-awaited skin removal surgery. She details the overwhelming emotions she felt reaching the milestone after losing over …
Prime Video: Sisters - Season 1
This insightful and award-winning drama that helped launch the careers of both George Clooney and Ashley Judd interweaves the joys, rivalries and dark secrets of four sisters -- Alex, Georgie, …
Sisters (2015) - Rotten Tomatoes
When their parents decide to sell their home, siblings Maura (Amy Poehler) and Kate (Tina Fey) learn that they have one weekend to clean out the junk from their old bedroom. Unhappy with the …
Sisters (TV Series 1991-1996) - Cast & Crew — The Movie ...
The Reed sisters of Winnetka, Illinois, are a close-knit group. Alex, Georgie, Teddy, and Frankie navigate the waters of life's triumphs and tragedies with the help of their mom, Bea. And no …
