{"id":21986,"date":"2026-06-30T16:32:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=21986"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:35:29","slug":"the-twelve-dancing-princesses-grimm-brothers-rachel-isadora-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/the-twelve-dancing-princesses-grimm-brothers-rachel-isadora-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Dancing Princesses &#8211; Grimm Brothers &amp; Rachel Isadora (2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twelve princesses are supposed to be locked in their rooms every night, yet by morning their shoes are mysteriously worn out. A curious soldier sets out to discover their secret. This classic Grimm fairy tale is retold in an African setting, but what truly makes this book stand out is the artwork: vibrant, joyful collage illustrations that are absolutely beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>One day, a soldier traveling on a road met an old woman. She asked where he was headed and he told her that he was going to try and discover the secret of the princesses. &#8220;That is not difficult,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But you must not drink the wine brought to you, and you must pretend to be asleep.&#8221; She gave him a cloak.<br>&#8220;With this you will be invisible and can follow the princesses without being seen.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=960%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve princesses are supposed to be locked in their rooms every night, yet by morning their shoes are mysteriously worn out. A curious soldier sets out to discover their secret. This classic Grimm fairy tale is retold in an African setting, but what truly makes this book stand out is the artwork: vibrant, joyful collage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[290],"tags":[110,105,114],"class_list":["post-21986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graphic-stories-2026","tag-freedom","tag-joy","tag-secrets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cele-del-moro-nbnD5G4Xa2s-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1700%2C2560&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21986"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21992,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21986\/revisions\/21992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}