The Brave Little Tailor
by: Brothers Grimm/Eve Tharlet

Hardcover. Saxonville MA, Picture Book Studio, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards with a black cloth spine. Color illustrations by Eve Tharlet, translation by Athena Bell. Children will be charmed by Bell's translation of the tale about the tailor who advertised his prowess by embroidering a sash proclaiming "Seven at a Blow." The narrative respects the original story; the text is not diluted, and it is lengthy. Vocabulary such as courtiers, contemptuously, and desperate adds to the vitality of the story. The settings and clothing in Tharlet's detailed and appropriate soft-toned watercolor washes suggest the Middle Ages.