Summer Reading List - Printable Version

Summer Reading List - Printable Version

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Summer Reading List - Lou - 06-07-2013

A lot of these books were recommended to me by a school librarian. So there are quite a few that are Juvenile or Young Adult. But they still sound good. There are some other interesting titles I'll try to bring to you guys next. In the meantime go ahead and add to this list.

The Grimm Summer Reading List

Grimm and Grimmer: Dark Tales for Dark Times
by Adrienne Jones
Good Reads 4.19 stars
Grimm and Grimmer is a collection of fairy tales told from a modern perspective. Part of the attraction of the original Grimm Brothers' tales was that of their relevance to their audience, and the tales in this book capture the magic and horror of living in modern times. Though the settings vary, the talented authors within the cover of this book speak to the mysterious, the unknown and the unknowable, which is not lost in these times.

The Grimm Legacy
by Addie J. King
Good Reads 4.5 stars
Being a descendent of the Grimm Brothers doesn’t make life a fairy tale… it’s a curse.
Once upon a time Janie Grimm thought she led a normal life, but within the first week of law school she’s started losing her mind. Her father just died, her stepmother Evangeline is evil, her professors already hate her, and a frog named Bert keeps talking to her. Then there’s her growing attraction to the accident-prone Aiden, who tries to explain magic murdered her father and it was trying to kill her, too.
Janie learns her father’s death was due to a fairy trying to restore the magic bound by Janie’s ancestors, the Brothers Grimm. Now the target of this fairy’s bid to regain power, Janie has only the protection of the mysterious Holder of the Legacy, the members of the F.A.B.L.E.S. organization, and the promises Evangeline made to Janie’s father before his death… but will it be enough?

A Tale Dark and Grimm
By Adam Gidwitz
Grades 3 and up. Good Reads 3.93 stars.
Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm (and Grimm-inspired) fairy tales. An irreverent, witty narrator leads us through encounters with witches, warlocks, dragons, and the devil himself. As the siblings roam a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind the famous tales, as well as how to take charge of their destinies and create their own happily ever after. Because once upon a time, fairy tales were awesome.

Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird
By Vivian Vande Velde
Grades 4 – 8 Good reads 3.56 stars
Welcome to the fairy-tale world where Hansel and Gretel are horrible children who deserve to be baked and where Beauty is dismayed when her beloved Beast turns human. In the realm of the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird, when the sky really does fall, Chicken Little becomes the leader of a religious movement, gets her own TV show, collects millions of dollars to build a theme park, and then makes off with the money.
These tongue-in-cheek interpretations of more than a dozen favorite fairy tales will have readers in stitches.

The Sisters Grimm
by Michael Buckley
Grades 4 -6
The Sisters Grimm is a children's fantasy series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson. The series features two sisters, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, and consists of nine novels, published from 2005 to 2012.
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have gone through a series of foster homes after their parents disappear. They have been treated as maids, servants, and other things that children shouldn't be. This is mostly because they have a harsh and uncaring caseworker, Ms. Smirt, who is supposed to help find a safe new home for them. After all of their trouble, they end up in the care of their long-lost and supposedly dead grandmother whom Sabrina believes is crazy. They soon find that they are living in a town of Everafters, live characters from fantasy and fairy tales. Their family business is working as detectives, who solve mysteries that might be connected to the disappearance of their parents. Unluckily for them, an evil group of Everafters, called The Scarlet Hand, are determined to find a way out of the barrier created by a witch and take over the world. This barrier stops the Everafters in Ferryport Landing from leaving. The only way to destroy the barrier is if all the Grimms leave the town or if they all die.

RE: Summer Reading List - GrimmForum - 06-08-2013

Ah... what a great list of books you've complied! Which one are you thinking of starting with?

I had no idea how far the Grimm fairytales influenced recent novels, but the premise of these books are quite interesting. The first book, reminds me of Grimm, with the retelling of Grimm Brother stories in a modern setting. And for the second book, it's interesting to see the last name of the character as Grimm.

Very cool, thanks for getting us this list! Now I need to make some time to do my reading!

RE: Summer Reading List - Lou - 06-08-2013

I was going to start with the Grimm Legacy and/or Grimm and Grimmer but its not at the local library. I'm curious about The Sisters Grimm series. They are very popular.

RE: Summer Reading List - the-epic-prince - 06-08-2013

Summer reading, something I'm good at. I've already read a Tale Dark and Grimm and the sequel. So I shall put these on my reading list.

RE: Summer Reading List - Lou - 06-08-2013

Prince, how were those? can you recommend them?

RE: Summer Reading List - the-epic-prince - 06-09-2013

A Tale Dark and Grimm was pretty good, so a recommendation it gets. But it does get kinda gory. The sequel, In a Glass Grimmly, wasn't as good but it was still decent. The latter follows Jack and Jill through pretty much the same plot. Hope this helps.

RE: Summer Reading List - Lou - 06-15-2013

So, I used Amazon a little to get the titles and the authors of the summer reading list right. And this morning Amazon was kind enough to make some additional suggestions. I know its just marketing but it really is a nice feature. I'm not sure how I would find out about new books most of the time.

Anyway, some of their suggestion were not only very good - but cheap.

How bout?

The Kindle Edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales: Complete and Illustrated (Over 200 Fairy Tales, with Illustrations, and Bonus Features) for $0.99

"Full of magic and trickery, Grimm's Fairy Tales have delighted generations with such timeless classics as Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, and Rapunzel.

Collected here are the complete fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm with illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham.

Highlights of this edition are:
The complete text of all 211 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, each elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Kindle reader.
Beautiful illustrations in color and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham, the master of fairy tale art.
Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the fairy tales in this collection.
An active Table of Contents listing every story accessible from the Kindle "go to" feature.
Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features.
A low, can't-say-no price!"

Some other books for under a buck are Snow White Sorrow,
Alice in Deadland Trilogy, and another version of Grimm's Fairy Tales called Grimm's Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm with Easy Navigation .

There is also at least one kindle version of Grimm's Fairy Tales for free. This one even has an active table of contents
http://www.amazon.com/Grimms-Fairy-Tales-ebook/dp/B004TS2B4W/ref=pd_cp_kstore_0

RE: Summer Reading List - Lou - 10-02-2014

This thread took a bit of vacation. During my summer vacation I ended up reading some of the books on this list.
I read the Grimm Chronicles, Vol 2. I got it for free and I didn't like it enough to go and buy Vol. 1. By the way, you can still get if for free as a Kindle edition over at Amazon. if you are a young adult or know one this series is worth taking a look. It has a lot of parallels to "our" Grimm universe. but its also pretty different. The main difference is that all the protagonists are in High School. Its also a more "magical" universe. A very cool thing about it is that it constantly references characters out of the original Grimm Fairytales. and in the back is an appendix that includes all the stories that were referenced. Of the books i have read on this list - it was my favorite

The other book i read was the Grimm Legacy by Polly Schuman. This is another Young Adult book where the protagonists are in high school. This was a fun read and I liked it enough to go find the sequel , the "Wells Bequest". both were free from my local library.

There is another book called the Grimm Legacy by Addie J. King. This book was not available at the library but i read the first 70 pages at Google Books. In this book the protagonist is a first year law student but its still basically a YA book. This book more closely parallels "our Grimm universe". but again its more magical. If i ever find a free version of it - I'll read it. But I didn't like it enough to buy it to finish it.