Snow White

by Brothers Grimm, Quentin Greban (Illustrator)

Overview

Quentin Greben breathes new life into this beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale. The lush illustrations transform the well-known story of the beautiful princess—her lips as red as an apple, her skin as white as snow—into a tale that's new and thrilling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780735841161
Publisher:	NorthSouth Books
Publication date:	04/01/2013
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Quentin Greban was born in Belguim, where he still lives today. He studied illustration at the Saint Luc Institute in Brussels. Since 1999, Greban has published more than 15 children's books in several French, Belguim, German, and Greek publishing houses. His books are translated in many countries. He received the Saint-Exupery award in 2000 for Les contes de l'Alphabet.

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786 near Frankfurt, Germany. In their early twenties, they began the linguistic studies that would culminate in their collected editions of folk- and fairy tales. They got their stories from peasants and villagers, and sometimes from already-published works from other cultures. Jacob did much of the research; Wilhelm put the stories into literary form.

Place of Birth:

Hanau, Germany

Place of Death:

Berlin, Germany

Editorial Reviews

"A beautiful rendition for children who can handle the full story as the Grimm brothers intended it."

Midwest Book Review

"The tender artwork serves to move the story along...Use this simple story with children who might be missing someone to give them the reassurance that the anticipated day will indeed arrive." School Library Journal on Quentin Greban-illustrated Wish You Were Here

From the Publisher

Flemish watercolorist Greban's queen may not be "the fairest of them all," but she steals center stage from his waifish Snow White-who is perhaps less beautiful than the (uncredited) translated text suggests. While the queen's frightful, menacing presence is effectively apparent as she transforms herself throughout her doomed quest to destroy Snow White, the princess lacks the trademark "blood red lips," and her small, close-set eyes and sometimes bulbous nose combine in a depiction that, while not ugly, is not exactly lovely either. She does seem naive and innocent, which bolsters a necessary contrast with the queen. Also strong are the illustrator's pictures of the satisfyingly individual seven dwarfs-one bespectacled, some clean-shaven, others bearded, etc. The inclusion of the often-omitted final scene with the queen dancing to her death in red-hot iron shoes (curiously white in the illustration) is deftly and gently handled with a picture that presents her in an awkward, foot-stomping stance that is tantrum-like rather than agonizing or scary. An uneven, though worthwhile, addition to fairy-tale collections. (Picture book/fairy tale. 5-9)

Kirkus Reviews