Grimms' Fairy Tales, Retold by Elli Woollard, Illustrated by Marta Altes

About the Book

Book Synopsis

A beautiful gift edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales featuring five classic stories, charmingly retold in rhyming verse with stunning illustrations.

Follow Little Red through the woods, where she encounters a wolf! Find out what happens when Hansel and Gretel meet a witch, and see who secretly stitches the poor shoemaker's shoes. Who are the mysterious musicians of Bremen . . . and will Cinderella go to the ball, after all?

Bringing together the incredible talents of award-winning illustrator and Booktrust Time to Read favourite, Marta Altés and author and poet, Elli Woollard, this unique collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales is a fresh and funny take on the iconic original tales by the brothers Grimm. Richly illustrated by the author of Little Monkey and New in Town, this is perfect for new and younger readers and will delight children and adults alike.

A timeless gift with sumptuous details including textured foil cover and full colour illustrations throughout. A book to treasure, to share and enjoy again and again.

A perfect companion title to Aesop's Fables and Just So Stories, created by the same winning team.

Stories include:
Cinderella
Little Red Cap
The Musicians of Bremen
Hansel and Gretel
The Elves and the Shoemaker.

About the Author

Elli Woollard is an exciting talent on the picture books scene, who started writing stories after an embarrassing incident in which her youngest son broke Michael Rosen's glasses. In addition to picture books, she also writes children's poems. Elli has written The Giant of Jum, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight for Macmillan, as well as the young fiction series Swashbuckle Lil. Elli lives in London with her family and a very naughty cat.

Marta Altés is the award-winning creator of My Grandpa, I am an Artist!, My New Home, The King Cat, Little Monkey and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. She loves to tell stories and her love of illustration saw her study for a degree in Graphic Design in Barcelona. Marta moved to the UK to study for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art and graduated in 2011. Since then she has won the Read It Again! Award and the Nottingham Children's Book Award. Her first book No! was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Picture Book Prize, and Little Monkey was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award. It was also chosen as the Booktrust Time To Read campaign title. Marta lives in London with her partner and daughter - and Sam the dog!