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Design Category
Book design, 1997
Design firm
Pentagram Design (New York, New York)
Collection
(1998) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1997
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For this latest volume in a series of limited editions for friends of Heritage Press, Paula Scher selected the darkest fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and designed the book with unease in mind. “I wanted a scary children’s book, with the bloodiest stories, the scariest pictures, and big, nasty type. I was tired of nice, sweet children’s books.”