Of Kings and Their Children, an anthology of Grimm’s Fairy Tales
This book was published by Franz Schneider Verlag, Berlin, Leipzig in 1921.
It’s a selection of fairy tales by the brothers Grimm focusing on affairs of the royalties with their kids.
All illustrations were done by Willy Juttner (1886-1940). There are 16 fairy tales altogether.
King Thrushbeard
A king falls in love with a spoiled princess. He disguised himself as a poor man and taught her a lesson.
More: https://childrensandhouseholdtales.wordpress.com/2020/09/29/king-thrushbeard/
Sleeping Beauty
A well-known fairy tale about the cursed princess who has to sleep for one hundred years because her father didn’t invite all the fairies of the kingdom.
Snow White
Another popular fairy tale where a wicked witch competes with her step-daughter. Which one is the fairest in the kingdom?
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More: https://childrensandhouseholdtales.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/little-snow-white/
Twelve Brothers
For some reason, a king who has twelve sons decides he will kill them all if his thirteenth child is a daughter.
Six Swans
A king is lost in the woods and a witch offers him help if he marries her daughter. The king agrees yet he is afraid of possible abuse of his children from his first marriage.
King’s Son Who Feared Nothing
A king’s son decided to leave home and find some adventures. Soon he meets a giant who gives him a dangerous challenge.
Frog King or Iron Henry
A very popular story about a spoiled princess who breaks her word given to the frog. Her father demands to fulfill her promise.
More: https://childrensandhouseholdtales.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/the-frog-king-aka-the-frog-prince/
All-Kinds-of-Fur
Less known variation of Cinderella. The king becomes a widower and decides to remarry only if he finds a woman of the same beauty as his late wife.
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More: https://childrensandhouseholdtales.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/all-kinds-of-fur/
Iron John
A dangerous wild man lived in the woods near the castle. He is captured but after some time, the king’s son sets him free. Iron John takes the role of his protector.
Maid Maleen
A prince suits a princess but her father refused his suit. Instead, he locks her in a tower. Seven years later she comes out just to find that love of her life is about to marry.
Donkey
A royal couple yearned for a child and then they got one. But he is a donkey! The king decides to raise him as a noble man and he even learns to play the lute.
Goose Girl
A princess leaves her home to marry a prince she had never met before but loses her status on the way to another kingdom. How important is her word, given under pressure?
Pink
A less-known fairy tale about a queen who wished for a child and got a boy with magical powers. But the cook stole him to exploit his abilities.
Golden Bird
A king has three sons and an orchard with golden apples. When somebody starts stealing them, his children try to find the thief.
Queen Bee
Three brothers, princes left their home in search of fortune. They find a haunted castle where they are confronted with three seemingly impossible tasks.
A few words about Willy Juttner:
- he was a painter and illustrator,
- he illustrated several books but also created postcards and posters,
- he had several exhibitions of his paintings in Munich,
- he was very skillful at making the best of a limited number of colors used at printing due to their cost (he was particularly fond of green paints).
This book is the first volume in a complete series of four. Other titles are:
Volume 2: Of happy and troubled people (illustrated by Hans Looschen)
Volume 3: Of smart and clumsy fellows (illustrated by Kurt Lange)
Volume 4: Of strange and funny owls (illustrated by Franz Wacik)
We’ll add more if and when available.
Children's and Household Tales by Brothers Grimm 