Golden Goose, The

Name: Golden Goose, The
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: The Brothers Grimm
ISBN: 9781974915033

Author: The Brothers Grimm

Series: Grimm's Fairy Tales

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/25/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fairy Tales

Synopsis

In The Golden Goose Dummling, the youngest and simplest of three brothers, is sent into the forest to chop wood. He shares his food and drink with a little gray man who directs him to a tree which, when chopped down, is found to contain a golden goose. Dummling sets off on a journey with the goose under his arm, eventually arriving in a kingdom wherein the king will offer his daughter's hand in marriage to any man who can make her laugh. This fairy tale, which features many common folk idioms (Least of Three, Princess Prize, The Fairy Gift) has numerous versions (The Princess Who Never Smiled, Peruonto) in other languages and cultures.

About The Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785â€“1863) and Wilhelm (1786â€“1859), were scholars best known for their lifelong dedication to collecting and publishing ancient German folk tales.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily

I think that people who love fairy tales read this because it is very mythical. A boy with many brothers gets a golden goose from an old man and the boy decided to stay in the inn not far away. While he was sleeping, many people tried to steal it. When they touched it, they got stuck to it, and whe......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

This book was really fun to read aloud, especially the repeating portions. Also, the fact that they get stuck, and all have to follow the simpleton wherever he goes, and the fact that he gets a wife because of it, its all pretty humorous. And half that humor is the face of that simpleton as he carri......more

Goodreads review by Kati

The Golden Goose is another book written and illustrated recently, but about an older fable. This old story is one of those progression stories that children find really funny, and the paintings are gorgeous.......more