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The Random House Book of Fairy Tales
by
Amy Ehrlich ,
Amy Ehrlich
A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode.
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
August 12th 1985
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 1985)
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I was looking for a multicultural book of traditional fairy tales. I thought I had found it in this book, because the cover shows a black character. But inside the book, the illustrations are NOT multicultural at all. So that is mainly why I give this book only two stars.
The illustrations: They are nothing special. Snow White looks like a greasy haired heroin addict, and they are all sort of drab. I would have preferred a variety of styles because this style gets old fast.
The stories: The storie...more
The illustrations: They are nothing special. Snow White looks like a greasy haired heroin addict, and they are all sort of drab. I would have preferred a variety of styles because this style gets old fast.
The stories: The storie...more
This was the first of the three different Fairytale adaptations I read on Beauty & The Beast. This version actually differs a lot from the version I'm used to which is the Disney version of course :) In this story Beauty's father actually had 6 children; 3 boys and 3 girls. The boys were nice but Beauty's sister's were mean. One of the main similarities I found among the three different versions I read was that there was always a ring which allowed Belle to go home and return to the beast. I...more
This book contains 19 beloved classic fairy tales from various authors. The collection includes “Rapunzel,” “Thumbelina,” “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” to list a few. Fairy tales are based upon oral traditions and convey deeper meaning under the guise of enchanting tales. They are still germane since they address themes such as people’s trials, tribulations, fears and hopes, lessons learned, how people face their problems, prove themselves, and come into their own in the process. The beautif...more
This is a terrific introduction to some of the most popular fairy tales. Goode's illustrations are charming, and the "real" stories are told. I like the variety in this volume, too, because it's not all "princess" stories. Kids of all ages and of both genders will enjoy it.
This is the perfect book of fairy tales in my opinion! Just enough nice illustrations to keep kids interested but leads nicely into longer reading sessions. The stories are SO well told, without all the goofy add-ons of most published fairy tales today. Excellent!
I like a lot of the versions in this book better than most I've read, but they're not as good as the originals.
I'm just not a fan of the fairy tale genre. It is difficult for me to suspend disbelief enough to enjoy the story. I mean, come on, a talking mirror, sleeping for one hundred years and waking up looking exactly the seem sans the aide of cyrogenics, pumpkins turning into carriages! Get real! Even as a child I was far too much of a cynic to garner pleasure from anything other than realistic fiction, save for a few exceptions. However, if you do have a fondness for fairy tales, check out this versi...more
This is a great collection of Hans Christian Anderson, The Grimm Brothers and more. I really love this one.
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I read this for Book It! back in first grade. I was sure it would count as at least two or three books because it is big. Then the teacher pointed out that it had a lot of pictures . . . and the type was pretty large . . . . I was only slightly bummed because this book ROCKS! Sometimes, to this day, I can hear it calling me from the shelf while I'm working and I'll take it down and read a story. The illustrations are gorgeous and in a very uncommon media: colored pencil with water colors on top....more
This is a book from my childhood and probably my first exposure to fairy tales off-screen and un-Disneyfied. The drawings are beautiful and has a great selection from the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen.
A nice review of the tales themselves. I wasn't too impressed with the illustrations, though. And in my opinion, a good book of fairy tales ought to have some pretty spectacular illustrations!
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Amy Ehrlich is the author of more than thirty books for young readers and is also a winner of The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award for her novel Joyride, which was also chosen Booklist Choice Best Book of the Decade. She lives on a farm in Northern Vermont with her husband and a great many domestic and agricultural animals.
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