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Books / The Usborne Book of Fairy Tales: "Cinderella", "The Story of Rumpelstiltskin", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Three Little Pigs"
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Excellent for young toddlers The Usborne formula worked wonderfully, again, to capture the attention of our two and a half year old. The stories are simplified, with big, square clear illustrations. The stories are quite addictive for good reasons : hungry wolves on the prowl, premonitions of adolescent awakenings etc. After around four months she outgrew this book and wanted to move on to more extensively described stories, although I imagine she might want to return to this book one day when she starts to read.
Where are the classic Fairy Tale lines? I bought this book for my daughter because for the money it seemed a great deal, 5 Fairy tales for just £4.89, not too different to the amount I was going to pay for each book individually. However, the author seems to have been so keen to compress the story lines that the stories read like a book synopsis all in the past tense. There are none of the classic Fairy Tale lines that young kids love to hear (particularly noticeable in "3 Little Pigs") like:
- Not by the hair of My... more info
Great introduction to Fairy Stories I have twin girls. One adores this book for the beautiful stories and illustrations and the other who normally runs riot during story time cant get enough of duck spotting! Sounds strange but I take my hat off to the person who thought of hiding a little yellow duck on every page. AT last there is peace at story time and their ability to find socks, toys etc has improved too! I acquired this book second hand but would happily pay full price for another copy should our current one end in tatters.
Absolute family favorite I bought this book when my eldest was 2 to introduce him to fairy tales. I had tried reading him some of my old fairy tale books, but the language was simply too difficult, the stories too long and the pictures too complex (as was the style then, I suppose). So I ordered this book and it was a hit from day 1. It contains the classic childhood fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella etc. and tells them in a very summarised form. The more touchy issues are left out or... more info
