The Turnip Princess And Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales

"The history of this rediscovered collection is its own magic: Once upon a time, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth collected fairy tales from Bavaria, where they remained hidden for 150 years until their rediscovery. The tales (translated by Maria Tatar) are fascinating — free of bowdlerized retellings, they have all their original, fiercely oddball appeal. Some are echoes of familiar stories and some are new and occasionally bizarre, but all are alive with personality (lazy flax-harvesting maidens beware). It’s a collection equally at home in an academic library and a kid’s room — if your kids are ready for a little darkness in their fairy tales."