Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs A Shape Book [Paperback]

Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony.

The iconic story of the beautiful Snow White and her eventual triumph over a particularly evil Queen is filled with colors and their powerful symbolism, and in this version – illustrated by Beth Livings in 1937 - the colors are strong and saturated, and the illustrations are rendered in a flat, almost naïve style. They are beautiful yet straightforward, and thus mesh well with this abridged version of the Grimm tale.

Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony.

The iconic story of the beautiful Snow White and her eventual triumph over a particularly evil Queen is filled with colors and their powerful symbolism, and in this version – illustrated by Beth Livings in 1937 - the colors are strong and saturated, and the illustrations are rendered in a flat, almost naïve style. They are beautiful yet straightforward, and thus mesh well with this abridged version of the Grimm tale.

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Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) were German academics, linguists and researchers who collected and published traditional stories.  They codified and popularized such well-known tales as Cinderella, Snow-White, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Tom Thumb and many more. The legacy of the Brothers Grimm cannot be overstated, and they remain hugely influential to scholars and artists.

Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony.

The iconic story of the beautiful Snow White and her eventual triumph over a particularly evil Queen is filled with colors and their powerful symbolism, and in this version – illustrated by Beth Livings in 1937 - the colors are strong and saturated, and the illustratilÃV