Hansel and Gretel by Mike Klaassen

Author:Mike Klaassen [Klaassen, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-26T15:48:54+00:00

Folktales such as those published by the Brothers Grimm permeate our culture. We see evidence of them in movies, television, even advertisements.

My interest in folktales reignited as I was writing Fiction-Writing Modes: Eleven Essential Tools for Bringing Your Story to Life. I frequently struggled to develop examples of the concepts described in the book, and I found that revisiting the stories my parents read aloud to me as a child produced many of the examples I sought.

While producing Scenes and Sequels: How to Write Page-Turning Fiction, I used Goldilocks and the Three Bears as an example of how to troubleshoot a story with scene-and-sequel analysis. I had so much fun recreating the story in that example that I decided to retell other folktales.

Teachers have found both of my young-adult novels, The Brute and Cracks, useful in the classroom. As I have for those novels, for a limited time, I will offer a free study guide for Hansel and Gretel on my website: www.mikeklaassen.com.

Whenever I read a new version of a classic tale, I enjoy comparing it to the original story. For your convenience, I have included within this book the public-domain version of Hansel and Gretel upon which this retelling is based.

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