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The Random House Book of Fairy Tales
July 26th, 2009
Most kids love fairy tales and this Random House Book of Fairy Tales is packed full of great stories. This book measures 10.9 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches and has about 224 pages. It is perfect for children ages 4-8. There are nineteen popular traditional tales selected from the works of:
- the Grimm brothers,
- Andersen,
- Perrault and
- others form the contents of this fine collection.
Ehrlich drew upon many sources, listed in back but not keyed to individual tales, and her literary but not effusive retellings remain faithful, for the most part, to the common canon. (Exceptions include:
- Hansel's holding out a knuckle to the witch rather than a chicken bone;
- Rapunzel's twins are missing; and
- the prince's mere presence rather than a kiss wakes the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.)
The soft pastel colors of Goode's pencil and watercolor illustrations give a misty, faraway quality to Once-upon-a-time, but they are too much alike and occasionally too bland to be totally effective.
Still, it's a good companion volume to Prelutsky and Lobel's Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983) and a nicely packaged collection that will give pleasure to many a grateful child. Susan Hepler, formerly at Ohio State University, Columbus
Product Description
A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode.
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