Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales: Brothers Grimm (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

Once upon a time, long before the Internet, cell phones and social media there was a little boy whos mother bought him a big book of fairy tales and before bed-time every night she read them to him.That is one of my most treasured memories and I credit that time with the beginning of my love of books. This edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, (while some of the stories may not be suitable for young children), is a great addition for anyone who loves stories and the cover is really beautiful, as far as I know it contains all the fairy tales collected by the Grimms.Highly Recommended.

Arrived on time - most satisfied wityh this purchase.

This book is stunning. The illustrations & how well this book is bound is outstanding & definitely worth adding to a collection like I have.

As someone that is a big fan of fairy tales, I was really curious about the origins of them and stumbled upon the Brothers' Grimm (or Grimm Brothers). I instantly took to these stories like a duck to water, loving the darkness of these tales as opposed to Disney (which I'm also a huge fanatic of) where all the tales end "Happily Ever After". Some of the stories in this collection I'm familiar with such as Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snow-White and Rose-Red, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose Girl, Rumpelstiltskin, (as my mum bought me an original fairy tales book as a child), there are many I've never came across and so I love this book. The cover in itself is absolutely beautiful and enticed me to purchase it in the first place. The gilt gold lettering and the gold edged pages, teamed with the image on the front of a princess sleeping as well as the deep blue hue makes it an absolute treasure. I also love how there is a ribbon bookmark,(also gold), attached to the book which I like as this book is too precious to be dog eared. It's also worth the money as it was reduced when I purchased it. It was originally around £30, I think. I purchased it for around £15/£16 which is half price. So really happy! I advise you add this to your collection if you haven't already!

Such a beautiful looking Hardback book with gold edging to the pages. Looks attractive and expensive.I know my 11yr old will enjoy the stories, a little more of a gruesome read not sugar coated. I would definitely recommend people to purchase this charming book.

The media could not be loaded.  Glad to have the original text in a sturdy hardback edition and it looks good on the shelf so would buy more of the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection.Some of the stories feature in the year 6 syllabus for my 11 year old daughter. She is studying in Portugal so will not only have a watered down/Disney-fied version but also have been translated into Portugese so wanted her to have an original version in English.Although being an easily distracted person in the first instance, this text will not be easy to digest for her... so I will also seek out a text with more artwork and a larger print.

Great looking book and came quickly.

This is such a beautiful book. The pages are very fine (in a good way) and are edged with gold so that when the book is shut it glistens. It is a book to treasure and my 10 and 7 year olds both love me reading to them from it. My 10 year old also reads it by himself. The internal bookmark is a nice touch. The stories are indeed 'grim(m)' so may have to be carefully chosen for the younger reader but my boys adore them and it is a useful starting point to discuss different versions of the tales. It is great to have a mixture of well-known and lesser-known tales.