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Faery tales / [Brothers Grimm] ; retold by Carol Ann Duffy.

by Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.

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Faber and Faber, 2014.

Faber classics.

353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The girls were just as clever as they were bella and none more so than the youngest, whose name was Beauty. Disappear to faraway lands of wicked witches, evil monsters and brave heroines in Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's collection of fairy tales. Including her beautiful and haunting retellings of the Grimm classics Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and the Pied Piper, as well as other tales from around the world, and new stories of her own. Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow and grew up in Stafford. She is currently Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent volumes are New and Collected Poems for Children (2009) and The Bees (2011).

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.

Duffy, Carol Ann.

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