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Hansel and Gretel

by James Marshall, Jacob Grimm · 1990

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Abandoned in the woods, what will Hansel and Gretel - so innocent, so vulnerable, so deliciously plump - do when they come face-to-face with a dastardly, ugly, over-dressed witch?

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Setting
GermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages

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