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#childrensclassicread2023 #spookoween

I read this as a companion to the original. Must say I liked Gaiman‘s version better, more atmospheric and descriptive writing. Illustrations were fine.

“Why do you come here, in the dark forrest“

The art in this is creepy and could be different for what children are use to.

This work of Traditional Literature is a classic. There are plenty of remakes and alterations of this book but I have always had an edition of the original that I love.

While I enjoyed Gaiman‘s retelling of this fairy tale, the real star is Mattotti‘s beautiful, creepy artwork. Very atmospheric.

“And they all lived happily ever after”

I enjoyed the movement of the plot of the story and where the author decides to take it.

This is another one of my favorite folk tales that is often told or read to most children. There has been lots of remakes of the original, but I think the original has a sort of mystery and spookiness that every child takes with them when they read it.

I enjoyed this retelling of fairy tales and especially liked the dramatic black and white illustrations which added to the ‘darkness‘ of the story. Though the retelling seems simple, Gaiman is able to inject minor changes that reflect reality of life like a truly loving and caring father who made a bad decision by succumbing to the wife‘s call to abandon the children..and that‘s a natural mother, not a step mother.

Cleaning out the closet. More #randombooks

#Booked2019 winter Roundup. Didn't make it to prompt 3, struggled to find something related to hiking that I was interested in and hadn't already read. I'll come back to it for the sake of finishing the whole challenge. 😊
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

I am a huge fan of Gaiman, and this little story is no exception. Stays true to the spirit of the fairy tale it is retelling. Mattotti's artwork is haunting and beautiful.
My pick for my #Booked2019 #fairytaleretelling
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Pretty faithful retelling of the original. Very dark illustrations.
Read for #booked2019 #fairytaleretelling

A very dark retelling of the classic tale. I actually liked the darkness - I hate that that aspect of fairy tales is always being stripped away - I just wished there was more depth. I was missing something besides dark and spooky.

My tentative TBR for #8inBoo which started today and #readathon which starts tomorrow. Back to back readathons, I love it! 👻📚

Re telling of the Grimm Brothers' table--the Grimms were awfully grim: child abandonment, starvation, witch burning in the oven...
#oven #octoberputaspellonyou @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Thank you for the tag @Kaye

1) Hansel and Gretel (I LOVE fairy tales, the darker and more disturbing, the better! 🙊)
2) Shrek
3) 9:02
4) Mayonnaise
5) 😊

#Friyayintro @jesshowbooks

Finally got around to reading #NeilGaiman 's #HanselandGretel
Funny and depressing, the artwork really made the story. #LorenzoMattotti

Picked this up on a whim, my first Neil Gaiman book and I started off with a bit of a weird one! I loved how well the creepy illustrations fit the tone of the story. It's definitely gotten me curious about looking into some of his other books!

Pop sugar reading challenge #40 Hansel and greets Fav promt from 2015 2016 2017 list-book read In one day

Well, my first Neil Gaiman read was a short one but a good one. Of course, I've always been vaguely familiar with the story of Hansel and Gretel, but I don't know if I've ever sat down and actually read the story. It is quite disturbing for a children's fairytale, but I really enjoyed this retelling by Gaiman and the artwork included. Thank you @ReadingRover !🤗Now, I can't wait to read something meatier from Gaiman. Yay! 4.5⭐️#neilgaiman 🤓

#ReindeerReads day 5: Lorenzo Mattotti's illustrations combined with Neil Gaiman's writing make this version of Hansel & Gretel feel particularly dark and #dangerous.

#fablesandfolklore #uncannyoctober
@RealLifeReading
Lovely illustrated copy.

Prompted by @Tiffy_Reads with a favourite #fairytaleretelling prompt I picked this back up again off the shelf for a re-read. The simple retelling by Gaiman of this story, coupled with the masterful illustrations of Mattotti makes for a quick yet dark read.

I love the illustrations in this book! And also the fact that Neil Gaiman's version of the fairytale is more raw and direct 🖤
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Hi! I'm Dany from @theelysianer on Instagram. I saw many people join in so I decided to give Litsy a try! I'll upload some of my favorite and most recent pictures to get a sort of... feed if that's what it's called here 😄 I'm still learning to use this app!

#blackandwhitecovers #maybookflowers @RealLifeReading

My boss made a mistake and put me in the fairy tale section today 😏 I recommend reading the original - there is nothing special about this and Gaiman doesn't really change anything. The pictures are pretty ugly as well.

I can tell that Neil Gaiman has strived for every perfect word on these pages. Love the postscript which explained that the narrative was inspired by the art, which itself was inspired by an opera by Englebert Humperdinck (no, not THAT Englebert Humperdinck, it transpires that there's two of them - who knew?!). Just exquisite.

Trying to read through all of Gaiman's work. This is the first of his for the year, but my third book of 2017! Enjoyed the story and the art was a bit different. Overall, solid work!

#fairytaleretellings Fabulous version, brilliant illustrations.

Not a lot of creepy covers at this house. But this one qualifies. #booktober #creepycovers @RealLifeReading

Would have been much easier for these kids to figure out what's what if they saw their scenes through the art of Lorenzo Mattotti in this edition of their story. His lovely, overwhelmingly dark art makes this edition a keeper.

Pulled this off my Gaiman shelf for a quick reread since the art is pleasantly dark for the lead-up to Halloween, and, well, don't we all just need to dip into fairy tales periodically? Neil's retelling doesn't change much, this edition for me us all about the art.
Excellent short explanation at the end about H&G's origins with Grimm and possibly earlier.
Tempting gingerbread houses and evil witches are perfect this time of year🎃🕸

#hour8 @DeweysReadathon #readathon. I read Sleeper and the Spindle last Readathon and loved the twist to the classic sleeping beauty story and was sort of expecting that with this one....but nope. So I was a little disappointed. But that art was so dark and creepy... it gave the book some ambience, which is the reason for the third star. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another beautiful piece of art work from the illustrated Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman. It's really captures the dark and sinister tale perfectly!

I just found this gem at my library. Can't wait to dive in!❤️