Germany

  • Johnson, David, 1951-
    The Bremen town musicians
    A retelling of the Grimm tale in which an old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster, no longer wanted by their masters, set out for Bremen to become musicians.
    Educ. Res. PT 2281 .G38 B713 1
  • Gehrts, Barbara.
    Nie wieder ein Wort davon?. English
    Living in Berlin during World War II, Anna finds herself and her family growing more and more aware of the dangerous direction in which her country is moving as her friends start to die.
    Educ. Res. PT 2667 .E45144 Z52
  • Richter, Hans Peter, 1925-
    Damals war es Friedrich. English
    A young German boy recounts the fate of his best friend, a Jew, during the Nazi regime.
    Educ. Res. PT 2678 .I317 D313
  • Anderson, Matthew T.
    Handel, who knew what he liked
    A man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown as a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.
    Educ. Res. ML 410 .H13 A54 200
  • Montresor, Beni.
    Hansel and Gretel
    A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
    Educ. Res. PT 2281 .G38 H313 2
  • Gündisch, Karin, 1948-
    Paradies liegt in Amerika. English
    In 1902, ten-year-old Johann and his family, Germans who had been living in Austria-Hungary, board a ship to immigrate to Youngstown, Ohio, where they make a new life as Americans.
    Educ. Res. Bushner PT 2667 .U5
  • Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.
    Kinder- und Hausm{238}archen. English
    Twenty-seven newly translated fairy tales from Grimm including many old favorites as well as such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree," "Many-Fur," and "Brother Gaily."
    Educ. Res. PT 2281 .G38 K513 1
  • Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.
    Little Red Cap
    A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.
    Educ. Res. PT 2281 .G38 R613 1
  • Goffstein, M. B.
    A little Schubert
    Living in a bare room in Vienna, short, fat Franz Schubert wrote music and danced to keep warm.

Educ. Res. ML 3930 .S38 G6

  • Koehn, Ilse.
    Mischling, second degree : my childhood in Nazi Germany
    The memoirs of a German girl who became a leader among the Hitler Youth while her Social Democratic family kept from her the secret of her partial Jewish heritage.
    Contains primary source material.
    Educ. Res. DD 253.47 .K63
  • Babbitt, Natalie.
    Ouch! : a tale from Grimm
    The story tells all about young Marco, who leads a charmed life, starting off as nobody special and ending up king.
    Educ. Res. PS 3552 .A1735 O8 1
  • Holub, Josef, 1926-
    Bonifaz und der Raüber Knapp. English
    Because he knows that the man accused of robbery is innocent, an eleven-year-old orphan struggles to find the courage to reveal the truth to his uncle in their small German village in 1867.
    Educ. Res. PT 2668 .O58 B613 1
  • Zelinsky, Paul O.
    Rumpelstiltskin
    A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
    Educ. Res. PT 2281 .G38 R813 1
  • Aiken, Joan, 1924-
    Snow White and the seven dwarfs
    Retells the story of a princess who escapes her wicked stepmother by hiding out in the home of seven hospitable dwarfs.
    Educ. Res. PT 2281 .G38 S313
  • Giblin, James.
    The life and death of Adolf Hitler
    Educ. Res. DD 247 .H5 G49 2002