Once upon a time... There were two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who gave the world some of the best-loved fairy tales ever written. The brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection of their folk tales was made and translated by Lucy crane, and includes firm favourites such as Rapunzel, the goose girl, sleeping beauty, Hansel and Gretel and snow White. The book "Grimm's Fairy Tales was originally concepted, conceived, and written by two brother named Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms. Both were born in Germany in the decade of 1780. The two brothers were very well learned and educated. They had interests in varied fields but it was the stream of folk lore that fascinated the two brothers the most. They had been listening to these stories from their old grand parents and had even passed the same to their children.