Jorinda and Joringel are happily walking through the forest, but they stray too close to a witch's castle, and fall under her spell. Jorinda is transformed into a nightingale and imprisoned in the castle in a golden bird cage.
Joringel is powerless to rescue his true love, until one night he dreams of a magical flower that can overpower the witch's enchantments. Can he find the flower and free Jorinda?
Love and bravery triumph over evil in this classic Brothers Grimm tale. The beautiful forest and forbidding castle are compellingly illustrated by Bernadette Watts, perfectly capturing the magic and charm of the tale.
(Ages4 to 7 years)
The Enchanted Nightingale The Classic Grimm's Tale of Jorinda and Joringel Jacob
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--NOT SPECIFIED-- - Published
30th September 2017 - ISBN 9781782504368
- Language German
- Pages 32 pp.
- Size 8.6" x 11.6"
- Hardback
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in the 1780s in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Hesse. They were among a family of nine children, six of whom survived infancy. During their early childhood, both their father and grandfather died, leaving the children and their mother to struggle in reduced circumstances. During their early twenties, the two brothers began linguistic and philological studies, which would culminate in both Grimm's Law and their collected editions of fairy and folk tales. Their collections of tales became immensely popular, though the brothers' main goal was linguistic research. After running afoul of King Ernest Augustus I, the brothers were fired from their university posts and exiled. However, the next year, the two were invited to Berlin by the King of Prussia, and both settled there. Wilhelm died in 1859; his elder brother Jacob died in 1863.
