Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs (1812)

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

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Das Märchen von Schneewittchen, das von der auf seine Schönheit eifersüchtigen Stiefmutter verfolgt wird, bei den 7 Zwergen Schutz findet und schliesslich nach der Hochzeit mit dem Prinzen selbst Königin wird, gehört zu den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Märchen der Brüder Grimm und fehlt in kaum einer Märchensammlung. Als eigenständige Bilderbuchveröffentlichung wurde es hier zuletzt mit den Illustrationen von Bettina Ansorge angezeigt. Nun hat sich der junge belgische Bilderbuchkünstler Q. Gréban, s. zuletzt "Die kleine Meerjungfrau", der Geschichte angenommen. Zu dem leicht gekürzten und geringfügig modernisierten Text der Brüder Grimm erzählt er mit ausdrucksvollen, überwiegend weichgezeichneten ganzseitigen und in den Text eingefügten Aquarellen das Märchen neu. Die Gefühlswelt der Protagonisitin - Verlassenheit, Angst, aber auch Naivität und Ergebenheit - spiegeln sich in der Farbgebung, der Mimik und den Körperhaltungen. Das dominierende Rot der Zwergenmützen wirkt ambivalent, rot sind auch der vergiftete Kamm und Apfel sowie der Rock des Prinzen. - Empfohlen für alle. Ab 5… (more)

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This version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" is pretty much the one i've always heard. The good queen wishes for a daughter of rare beauty. She says "How I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony."Not long after that, the Good Queen gives birth to a baby daughter, the girl has skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. She is named 'Snow White.' Then, the Good Queen, Snow White's mother, dies during childbirth. The King gets remarried and the new Queen wishes to be the fairest in the land. Snow White as she's growing up, only gets more beautiful. The Queen is jealous and sends a Huntsman to kill her, he spares her life and takes an animal's heart instead. The Queen realizes that Snow White is still alive and tries multiple times to kill her. Finally an apple puts Snow White into deep sleep until True Love's kiss saves her. (

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Paigealyssa | Mar 1, 2016 |

Watch out. The end to the original version is pretty gruesome. (

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aulsmith | Dec 12, 2014 |

Summary: Snow White’s wicked step mother attempts to kill her so that she can be the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. The Queen has her huntsman take Snow White out into the woods to kill, he is unable to and lets her go. He tries to trick the queen into thinking he had killed Snow White by presenting her with a pigs heart. In the mean time Snow White stumbles upon this tiny cottage where the seven dwarves live. She begs and pleads to let her live with them. When the Queen finds out that Snow White is still alive she sets out to kill Snow White herself.

Personal Reaction: I grew up reading the Grimm’s fairytales and even have a copy of their stories in German. This story in particular has always been a favorite of mine. I love that the moral of the story is that jealousy will get you no where.

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1) Group the students and have them act out their favorite scenes.

2) With older students, have them write a comparison essay between the Grimm version and the Disney version (

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RosieBillings | Apr 24, 2013 |

Snow White is a modern fantasy that tells of a queen who wants to be the most beautiful person in the land. Snow White grew to be the most beautiful and the queen hated her and devised several plans to kill her. Snow White ran away and ended up living with the seven dwarfs. Each time the queen thought she had killed Snow White, the dwarfs helped her get well until she ate the poisonous apple. She died, but came alive again when it was dislodged from her throat.

I didn't like this story as well as the one I read when I was growing up. The illustrations were very detailed, but I felt the story was too gory. I would hesitate to read it to small children.

For an activity, read the story to the children letting them interject the repeated lines.
Discuss what is envy and pride.

lpsinterpreter | Jun 16, 2008 |

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The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales by Mike Ashley

The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature Set by Bryna Untermeyer

The Big Christmas Basket: 200 Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems & Carols by Robert E. Howard

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Snow-White [1933 short film] by Dave Fleischer

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Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies — The Complete Comics, Vol. 2: 1935-1939 by Ted Osborne

Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Vol. 2 by Frank Reilly

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Songs and Story: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney Records

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney's Storyteller Series) by Hal Smith

One Rotten Apple by Alannah Foley

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Storyette (Disney's Storyteller Series) by Mary D'Arcy

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Awards

Caldecott Medal (Honor Book – 1972)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1938)

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The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (1972)

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Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books (Folklore and Literature – 1972)

Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books (1964-1978)

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Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs

Original title

Schneewittchen

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Snow White

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1812

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For Claire
Together we are walking in the Forest while the rhythms of light and shadow play.
--N.E.B.

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Once it was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes fell from the sky like feathers.

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Multiple copies with no author listed.

Two versions, both having won the Caldecott honor, separately, in 1939 and 1973 - have been separated. If you wish to catalogue your Caldecott version by author/ translator/ illustrator - try the following searches:

Snow White And Seven Dwarfs Freely translated and illustrated by Wanda Gag. (complete title as listed on inside cover). (1939 Caldecot Honor)

Snow-White And The Seven Dwarfs - A Tale From The Brothers Grimm Translated by Randall Jarrell - Pictures by Nancy Elkholm Burkert. (1973 Caldecott Honor)

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Das Märchen von Schneewittchen, das von der auf seine Schönheit eifersüchtigen Stiefmutter verfolgt wird, bei den 7 Zwergen Schutz findet und schliesslich nach der Hochzeit mit dem Prinzen selbst Königin wird, gehört zu den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Märchen der Brüder Grimm und fehlt in kaum einer Märchensammlung. Als eigenständige Bilderbuchveröffentlichung wurde es hier zuletzt mit den Illustrationen von Bettina Ansorge angezeigt. Nun hat sich der junge belgische Bilderbuchkünstler Q. Gréban, s. zuletzt "Die kleine Meerjungfrau", der Geschichte angenommen. Zu dem leicht gekürzten und geringfügig modernisierten Text der Brüder Grimm erzählt er mit ausdrucksvollen, überwiegend weichgezeichneten ganzseitigen und in den Text eingefügten Aquarellen das Märchen neu. Die Gefühlswelt der Protagonisitin - Verlassenheit, Angst, aber auch Naivität und Ergebenheit - spiegeln sich in der Farbgebung, der Mimik und den Körperhaltungen. Das dominierende Rot der Zwergenmützen wirkt ambivalent, rot sind auch der vergiftete Kamm und Apfel sowie der Rock des Prinzen. - Empfohlen für alle. Ab 5

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