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A miller’s daughter is taken to the king’s castle. He has heard that she can spin straw into gold and he wants to see if it really is true. Can it be? What do you think? Well it wasn’t but the girl had luck and some strange little man appeared and offered his help in return for the girl’s necklace. The story repeated itself two more times, but the last time the man wanted the girl’s firstborn child. Her life was at stake so she agreed. And after some time she gave birth and the little man reappeared demanding to take the boy. Will the princess manage to save her child or her lies will cost her newborn’s life?

Brothers Grimm are probably the best-known storytellers in the world. Some of their most popular fairy tales are "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Red Riding Hood" and there is hardly anybody who has not grown up with the adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Snow White.

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s exceptional literature legacy consists of recorded German and European folktales and legends. Their collections have been translated into all European languages in their lifetime and into every living language today.


Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm’s world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 210 fairy tales.