The fairy-tale detectives : The sisters Grimm By Buckley, Michael

Title: The fairy-tale detectives : The sisters grimm

Author: Buckley, Michael.

Illustration: Peter Ferguson.

Publisher: Amulet Books

Comments

CIP Info Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead. This book was so much fun. It took me twice as long as a normal book would to read. I got sucked into it. I was fascinated at how the author included so many characters from different types of literature. Not only the characters from the Grimm Brothers (we find out that the girls are their descendents) but Puck from Shakespeare’s Mid-Summer Night is there, complete with pixies. The Big Bad Wolf apparently isn’t so bad because he and Granny now work together. It is too hard to explain these books, just go read one for yourself. They are great fun, and quite complex. They are funny yet scary at the same time. They author researched these stories in great detail, and should work in a classroom as well as an afternoon read.