Grimm and Grimmer: Classic Fairy Tales Rebooted (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780762487851)

In the two hundred years since Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published their collection of fairy tales, things haven't gotten any less--ahem--grim. So tuck yourself in with some of the classic bedtime stories, retold by award-winning author Mark Russell. Grimm and Grimmer offers fourteen of the Brothers Grimm's finest stories--a mix of well-known tales including "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella," and ones you might not know, like "The Boy Who Didn't Know Fear"--reconceived for a twenty-first century while staying true to their roots At times both laugh-out-loud funny and darker than a wicked stepmother's heart, this captivating collection captures all the absurdities and anxieties of the world just outside our windows.