Comments on Charlotte's Library: Old Swedish Fairy Tales, by Anna Whalenberg

I have an old Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales book, to...

2009-11-10T22:29:49.459-05:00

I have an old Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales book, too, and a companion volume of Andersen's Fairy Tales with deliciously creepy illustrations by Arthur Szyk. They were both hand-me-downs from my mom, who was given them as a kid. They are awesome.

Thanks for the recommendation, Anamaria--I haven't...

2009-11-09T06:24:47.635-05:00

Thanks for the recommendation, Anamaria--I haven't read that yet! What we really need, though, is a book about English orphans at a school for magical glass-blowing...

I liked my old Grimm Brothers too, Maureen! I remember trying repeatedly, though, to read it straight through, and not making it to the end, so I know the first half much better than the second!

And I hope Fifty Famous Fairy Tales is as good as you remember it to be, Kate!

I still have a 1921 edition of Arabian Nights Ente...

2009-11-09T00:18:35.053-05:00

I still have a 1921 edition of Arabian Nights Entertainment my grandma gave me when I was a child (Hampton Publishing Co--"With Four Illustrations in Color"!). Just the other day I ordered a copy of a collection I grew up with, Fifty Famous Fairy Tales (Whitman Library Classics). Happy sigh!

As a child I loved reading 'Grimm Brothers Fairy T...

2009-11-08T23:16:44.070-05:00

As a child I loved reading 'Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales', but after reading about your book I think I would've loved yours more.
Only today a friend and I decided there are two things we would never grow too old to enjoy...things that sparkle and fairy tales.
Maureen Hume. www.thepizzagang.com

Your love affair with fictional glass-blowing? I ...

2009-11-08T15:22:53.819-05:00

Your love affair with fictional glass-blowing? I think you're my long-lost twin. Have you read The Glassblower's Children by Maria Gripe? Speaking of Swedish, too.

Will think about childhood collections--yours looks lovely; thank you for sharing it.