Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm (' or '), Jacob and Wilhelm, were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tale types such as "Cinderella" (""), "The Frog Prince" (""), "The Goose-Girl" ("Die Gänsemagd"), "Hansel and Gretel" (""), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" (""), "Sleeping Beauty" (""), and "Snow White" (""). Their classic collection "Children's and Household Tales" ("), was published in two volumes, in 1812 and in 1815. The brothers were born in the town of Hanau
Grandpa Read's Quiet Time Tales was to "create calming and soothing children's entertainment which fires children's imaginations and inspires a love of stories, story-telling while providing guilt-free time for parents." The first collection of Quiet Time Tales was released in September 2009 and contains 60 stories with 10 illustrations per story and 13 original songs. The stories in the first collection include: Volume 1: The Three Bears, The Talking Fish, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Polly of the Circus Volume 2: Jack and the Beanstalk, The White Cat, Robin Hood, The Mermaid, Rapunzel Volume 3: Little Red Riding Hood, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Land