The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were just in their late 20s when they published one of the most significant books in the history of fairy tales. Born in 1785 and 1786 respectively, Jacob and ...

It is hard to imagine American childhood without Walt Disney’s reworkings of Brothers Grimm stories such as “Snow White,” “Cinderella,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “Rapunzel.” It is impossible to imagine ...

THE BROTHERS GRIMM: A Biography. By Amy Schmiesing. Yale University Press. 360 pages. $35. If not for German academics Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and their devotion to popularizing fairy tales, we may ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Paul Zelinsky, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Wilhelm Grimm, Author Dutton Books $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-45607-0 Zelinsky (Swamp Angel) does a star turn with this breathtaking interpretation of a ...

Once upon a time—1796, to be precise—there were two brothers named Grimm. Jacob Grimm (Heath Ledger) believed in magic, but Wilhelm Grimm (Matt Damon) remained a staunch rationalist. In spite of their ...

The late 18th Century years in which Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm grew up were ones of significant social change for Germany. Towns, baronial manors, duchies, kingdoms and provinces had yet to completely ...

Naomi Lewis, Editor, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Lidia Postma, Illustrator Dial Books $14.95 (99p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0237-0 These are rich, graphic versions of 14 famous fairy tales, replete with ...

There are enough stories and characters in the German folk tales compiled by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 19th Century to fill at least 10 seasons of a TV series. Or five seasons of two shows, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Ann Schmiesing has written the first English ...