Brothers Grimm - Libros y biografía

Jorinde and Joringel are a couple in love who wander around in the forest without realizing that they have come too close to a witch's castle. The witch throws a magic spell over Jorinde and turns her...

Hans' uncle wanted to marry his nephew to a rich man's daughter. Hans' fortune was however not that big so the uncle had to come up with a trick. He went to the neighbor village where a rich man lived....

A soldier is not properly paid for his service to the country so he decides to take his revenge on the king. He however realizes that it would be almost impossible to succeed by himself so he gathers...

Once lived a little peasant who had a cow which he could not feed. So he killed it. And he headed out to the city to sell its skin. On the way there a storm caught him and he begged for shelter at the...

A rich family takes care of one little poor boy. You would expect the boy to lead happy and carefree life. However this is not how our story goes. The boy's days are full of starvation and fights. He...

Some are born with a golden spoon in the mouth. Others are forced to lead difficult and unfair life full of miser and desperation. This time the heroine in our story is not a princess who lives in a big...

Can a spindle, a shuttle and a needle decide an ordinary girl's fate? Can she become a princess by weaving her path with a pure heart? Will the prince follow the golden thread of love or the wealth of...

If there was someone to trick the Devil himself, you would not expect it to be a hard-working peasant, right? Well Brothers Grimm surprise us yet again with a folktale about an unreasonable agreement...

You are about to witness a race between a hedgehog and a hare. Who will you bet on? Even though the winner seems to be obvious, things can change in the very last minute. Who will have the last laugh?...

Have you heard about the cat-and-mouse game? You realize there is a certain meaning behind it, right? Well then you would be surprised if we told you that the cat and the mouse in our story grew to be...

The life of a travelling musician is not as easy as it seems. They have to go from one place to another and oftest all by themselves. One day the musician in our story got so lonely while wondering the...

There lived once one little girl who most of us know by the name "Little Red Riding Hood". Do you know why she was called like that? Because she was wearing all the time the red hood she got from her...

The poor dog in our story is so badly treated by his master, that he decides to leave home. He meets a sparrow, who convinces him to head out to the city. His life however changes drastically on his way...

Frederick and Catherine are a couple in love who lead a funny and eventful life. Catherine is so clumsy and stupid at times that she manages to get herself in trouble by doing whatever you can think of....

"The Bremen Town Musicians" is actually a tale about one donkey, one dog, one cat and a rooster who embarked on a mission. They were going to become musicians in Bremen. However some robbers stood in...

A golden bird steals the king's golden apples and he is determined to catch her. He sends his three sons out in the world with the only task to catch the bird. The three boys meet a fox on their way....

The story that we are going to tell you is about one smart little tailor who was so wise that he managed to solve a princess's riddle. Can you guess what the reward was? Of course it was a marriage. But...

A tailor's poverty made him commit a crime. He was travelling around searching for work but there was nowhere to be found. He was so desperate that when he saw a Jew he decided to try his luck. Why not...

You have heard many stories about evil step-mothers, right? Well this one is quite scary. There was once a step-mother who hated her step-children so much that she changed them into a fish and a lamb....

Can you imaging having to wear a bearskin for seven years without taking it off? It may sound impossible but the soldier in our story was willing to try. After all he went into an agreement with the Devil...

Do you think it is possible to not confess your sins if you are about to be burnt at stake? Most probably not, right? Well the girl in our story is so stubborn that you might rethink it. She lived in...

There lived once a beautiful girl named Rapunzel. She had a magnificent childhood but when she became 12 years old, an enchantress closed Rapunzel in a high tower without any doors or stairs. The poor...

Have you heard the saying: "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch"? Well the hen and the cock in our story wanted to trick an innkeeper into letting them stay at the inn without paying for it. Will...

Um rei possui três filhos. Ao contrário dos dois mais velhos, que são fortes e corajosos, o caçula é fraco e covarde. Indeciso por quem herdará o reino, o rei prepara tarefas para os três irmãos completarem....

Um irmão e uma irmã vivem juntos numa casa. Quando o irmão foi trabalhar, sua irmão começou a fritar uma salsicha e pensou que poderia beber algo enquanto isso. Uma vez no galão para beber, se lembrou...

Branca de Neve e Rosa Vermelha são duas irmãs que vivem na floresta com sua mãe viúva. As duas crianças se davam muito bem com os animais da floresta e eram muito amigas uma da outra. Certo dia, durante...

Uma mãe solteira se casa com um viúvo. Ambos tem uma filha cada. Mas a mãe não gosta da enteada e a manda para a floresta colher frutos no inverno. Era uma missão impossível. Mas, uma vez fora, a menina...

O rei de um reino estava morrendo. Mas seus três filhos ouviram de um homem que certa água de uma fonte poderia curá-lo. Todos correram atrás da cura. Por caminhos separados, cada um encontrou um anão....

Uma rainha de um reino sempre desejou ter uma filha de pele muito clara, lábios vermelhos e cabelos negros. E justo quando deu à luz essa filha, que se chamaria Branca de Neve, a rainha morre. Anos depois...

Uma princesa mimada perde uma bola de ouro, mas um sapo a recupera para ela. A partir de então, os dois se tornam amigos e ela descobre que ele é um príncipe. Como o sapo quebrará sua maldição? Ele se...