Next, they find a family whose father accidentally curses his seven sons to live as birds. The siblings stumble upon a house made of sweets, where an old baker woman tries to eat them. Everyone else rejoices, but Hansel and Gretel fear they will be beheaded again and run away from home. Overcome with guilt, the king beheads Hansel and Gretel to restore Faithful Johannes to life, which in turn brings Hansel and Gretel back.
He goes against the king’s wishes and loses his life, turning to stone when he explains why he acted as he did. Faithful Johannes, the king’s most trusted advisor, can’t bear to lose the king.
Before Hansel and Gretel are born, their father, the king of the kingdom of Grimm, weds the golden princess, who is cursed to lose any man she weds. This guide follows the 2010 Dutton Books for Young Readers edition of A Tale Dark and Grimm.Ĭontent Warning: The source material contains potentially disturbing or graphic depictions of violence toward children.Ī Tale Dark and Grimm follows Hansel and Gretel through several Brothers Grimm fairy tales on a journey told by an unnamed narrator. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, and writes full-time. After graduating, he became a teacher at Saint Ann’s School, where serving as a substitute librarian inspired him to write the Grimm series. Gidwitz grew up in Baltimore, MD, and studied English literature at Columbia University. Gidwitz is the bestselling author of dark fiction for young readers and received a Newbery Honor for his 2016 novel, The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog. A Netflix series of the same name ran for one season in 2021. It won the Charlotte Award for grades sixth-eighth (2012) and the Kentucky Bluegrass Award for grades sixth-eighth (2012), and was nominated for several other awards. In 2010, A Tale Dark and Grimm was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick, a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Children’s Book of the Year, and an American Library Association’s (ALA) Notable Book.
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