The Bremen Town Musicians- Folktale

The Bremen Town Musicians
and Other Animal Tales from Grimm
retold by Doris Orgel

This a book comprised of the original Grimm tales, retold to be shared with children. The begins with the first story about the Bremen Town musicians and then tells other stories such as, "The Hare and the Hedgehog," "King of the Birds," "When the Birds and the Beasts Went to War," "The Fox and the Geese," "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids." I like the way that at the end of each story, the author includes comments on the story and, in some cases, the author discusses some of the changes made. The illustrations are very vivid and life-like, which I think would make the book a great read aloud to a classroom. I think great discussions could be drawn from the book, by asking questions about why the author may have made the changes that they did and whether or not the students thought it was a good or bad change to make.