> The first edition wasn't even available in English Does it even matter? The Grimm brothers were German, the books in German do exist. Pinocchio is an Itali

> The first edition wasn't even available in English Does it even matter? The Grimm brothers were German, the books in German do exist. Pinocchio is an Italian work, in Italy it's always been available and a huge success, does it matter if the english version came out much later? To me the fact that they have become available, shows that the interest among the English readers has grown. > "actually the original Grimms' stories were pretty dark" > kids should be exposed to the earliest, least expurgated versions of the story possible, which is very odd. I read "The Hobbit" as a kid, it's pretty dark too, but I loved it. Read it again as an adult, didn't like it that much. People are different, kids are not a monolith, they come from different backgrounds, especially different parents' backgrounds and opinions and values. People I know don't let their kids watch Peppa Pig or the Winx, others don't want them to be schooled about religious stuff, they should be exposed doesn't mean they should be forced to read them, but that we should not pretend that we know better than them what it's good for them It's not pornography or nonsense gore violence.