by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · Ladybird Books Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780721411996
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«The Elves and the Shoemaker» is the fairy tale by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, published by Ladybird Books Ltd in hardback (48 pages, in English).
A poor shoemaker barely manages to finish the shoes he is commissioned, but each night someone completes them for him. With that secret help his workshop prospers and, when he discovers the elves who assist him, he seeks a way to thank them.
First volume in Ladybird's Well Loved Tales collection; the adaptation is by Vera Southgate and the illustrations by P. Stevenson.
A tale intended for children beginning to read and for reading aloud with the family.
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm; together, they were the literary duo known as the Brothers Grimm.
