Product Description: With the winning combination of Nancy Drew meets Shrek, this first book in the new Sisters Grimm series will entertain with a hilarious mix of mysteries and fairy tale twists.
In the tradition of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and The Spiderwick Chronicles comes a new humorous mystery of fantastic circumstances. The Sisters Grimm (Book One): The Fairy Tale Detectives introduces us to two orphaned sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, who are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother, Relda Grimm. Grandmother Grimm lives in a strange town in New York State, known for it's extraordinary number of unexplained and unusual crimes. As soon as the sisters arrive, they begin to unravel a mystery that leads to their ancestors' magical beginnings. Sabrina and Daphne learn they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, who were actually detectives of the magical phenomenon perpetrated by the Everafters, a parallel race of magical beings. They soon discover it is the Grimm family's legacy to keep the Everafters in line and the two sisters are the sole heirs to this challenge!
In this first book in the series, the girls are pitted against giants, who have been rampaging through town in their search for an Englishman named Jack, currently working at the Big & Tall store.
In a new breed of mystery that intermingles humor, excitement, adventure and imagination, The Sisters Grimm Book One: The Fairy Tale Detectives will inject the legends of fairytale with modern day sensibilities and suspense, creating an irresistible combination young readers will love!
I am 10 and I enjoyed this book I am Markoe and I am ten years old. I think that this book is totally worth your money, folks. I will say that it is kind of boring until the grandma gets carried away by a gi- . . . Oops! I don't think I was supposed to say that much. Luckily, this happens very early in the book, and it's exciting from there on. This book has a clever plot with betrayal and murder. If you want to know the juicy details, buy this book, it is definitely worth your money!
Best Book My Daughter Ever Read My ten year old daughter knew nothing about this series when she first got this book. Once she started reading it, she thought it was exciting and adventurous. She couldn't put it down, and complained each night when she had to stop reading. She thought it was so great that she immediately bought the rest of the series, which are just as good. This quickly turned into her favorite book. In this book, fairy tale creatures are still alive and well in Fairyport Landing, and the decendents of the original Grimm Brothers, who wrote the fairy tales, go on adventurous journeys to solve mysteries and save their their family. (I read it also, and it really is a clever, cute story.)
With an authors help. It took me a while to get into this first book, but that tends to happen in the beginning of a first book in a series. It was quite entertaining despite being someone who is a tad and a bit too old for the series. I am always looking for a good fairy tale inspired book. This has filled that need for the time being. The author also gives lessons on how children can write their own fairy tales and other information on classic stories. It all seems very educational and interactive. I am going on to read the next books in the series soon.
I Have Hit a Bad Patch of Books! I understand that this was Buckley's first work of literature. However, I cannot find myself giving him any allowances. My lenience dwindled away as I turned each page, irked by the plot that seemed to spin around in spirals and never got anywhere, a rickety hamster wheel creaking.
First off, the story was jumpy and went too fast. When there was a giant attacking, it seemed like it came out of no where. I had to pause, read over the previous several sentences, and then shake my head. I cannot believe that this sort of work got past the publisher -- perhaps it was the hope younger children would like it? I might not be that old, but I know a good book when I read it. This one did not captivate me.
In general, I am telling you not to buy the book. Unexperienced readers may perhaps be amused by the bits of wit and quirk, but I was not. He was stuck between murder and humor. Buckley needed to choose -- you cannot send an eight year old into a world of murder because there is encouraging phrases! It took me a week to read this, whilst it normally takes me one to two days to finish a book. It bored me, honestly.
--Willow, aged 11
The Sisters Grimm is witty and entertaining. I just finished reading this book to my students. Each day they begged me to read just a bit more because they loved the story. They especially enjoyed guessing what fairy tale each character was from. Keep in mind if you are an adult reading this book, it is meant for children. Yes, the characters are either evil or good and not much in between. These sorts of characters help children to make inferences and predictions, two important reading skills. My children laughed when we read because the characters are clever and silly at the same time. My goal for every book I read to my class is to get kids to continue reading on their own. Several of my students went to the library before we finished the first story to pick up the next book in the series to read on their own!
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