"JACOB (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859) were German academics, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They popularized stories such as ""Cinderella,"" ""The Frog Prince,"" ""The Goose-Girl,"" ""Hansel and Gretel,"" ""Rumpelstiltskin,"" ""Sleeping Beauty,"" and ""Snow White."" Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales, was published in 1812. ANNIE WON received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She illustrated the bestselling Little Golden Book The Whispering Rabbit by Margaret Wise Brown. Learn more about her at anniewon.com."