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From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 06:09:24 -0500
Someone who does a thoughtful exploration of the notion of scary in real fairy tales for children is Adam Gidwitz. He effectively uses an intrusive narrator in his three Grimm stories (A Tale Dark and Grimm, In A Glass Grimmly, and The Grimm Conclusion) to unpack the dark and gory aspects of his retellings. I think he nails the appeal of these, the attraction and shock that horror gives. He is passionate about the fear in fairy tales and has spoken and written very thoughtfully about this, say "In Defense of Real Fairy Tales< http://www.adamgidwitz.com/adams-blog/defense-real-fairy-tales>" and "Tears into Blood <http://www.adamgidwitz.com/adams-blog/tears-blood>."
Speaking of the real Grimm tales (which can be pretty horrific in a frank folkloric way) I highly recommend Philip Pullman's recently retellings. And if you love those and want something more related to them, I also recommend getting the German edition which has spectacular illustrations by Shaun Tan. (I did a blog post< https://medinger.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/philip-pullman-shaun-tan-and-grimm-fairy-tales/
>about
this with links to some of the illustrations and just got the book itself which is fantastic.)
Monica
Monica Edinger 600 West 111th Street Apt 2A New York NY 10025 educating alice <http://medinger.wordpress.com>
_at_medinger on twitter <http://twitter.com/medinger> My Huffington Post Blog <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/monica-edinger>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 06:09:24 -0500
Someone who does a thoughtful exploration of the notion of scary in real fairy tales for children is Adam Gidwitz. He effectively uses an intrusive narrator in his three Grimm stories (A Tale Dark and Grimm, In A Glass Grimmly, and The Grimm Conclusion) to unpack the dark and gory aspects of his retellings. I think he nails the appeal of these, the attraction and shock that horror gives. He is passionate about the fear in fairy tales and has spoken and written very thoughtfully about this, say "In Defense of Real Fairy Tales< http://www.adamgidwitz.com/adams-blog/defense-real-fairy-tales>" and "Tears into Blood <http://www.adamgidwitz.com/adams-blog/tears-blood>."
Speaking of the real Grimm tales (which can be pretty horrific in a frank folkloric way) I highly recommend Philip Pullman's recently retellings. And if you love those and want something more related to them, I also recommend getting the German edition which has spectacular illustrations by Shaun Tan. (I did a blog post< https://medinger.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/philip-pullman-shaun-tan-and-grimm-fairy-tales/
>about
this with links to some of the illustrations and just got the book itself which is fantastic.)
Monica
Monica Edinger 600 West 111th Street Apt 2A New York NY 10025 educating alice <http://medinger.wordpress.com>
_at_medinger on twitter <http://twitter.com/medinger> My Huffington Post Blog <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/monica-edinger>
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