Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy Tale Detectives


by Michael Buckley
Scholastic, Inc. (2007)
Interest Level: Grades 4-8

Genre Category: Fantasy
Book Type: Novel

Summary: When Sabrina and Daphne's parents disappear, they are sent to live with their Grandmother, Relda, a woman they thought was dead. The sisters step off the train into a new world where storybook characters are real and the Grimm family is in charge of keeping them out of trouble. Giants, fairies, elves, and all the Grimm Brother's characters you remember so well are here and they are not happy.

Online Connections:
1. Watch a YouTube trailer about this book, meet the characters, play games, and listen to the Grimm song@ http://www.sistergrimm.com/
2. Read an interview with the author @http://www.powells.com/kidsqa/buckley.html

Book Connections:
1. Michael Buckley's Sister Grimm series
2. Grimm Brother's Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Keywords: Fair tales, fairies, giants, witches, pigs, wolves, maidens, forests, magic, fantasy

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