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This treasury brings together best-loved traditional fairy tales, favorite nursery rhymes, and exciting new stories.
The enchanting illustrations bring to life some popular animals and people from classic stories such asHenny-Penny and The Three Billy Goats Gruffand introduce children to many new characters, such as a trio of naughty rabbits and a penguin who wants to fly.
Children and adults alike will enjoy sharing this beautiful new collection.A Treasury for Four Year Olds is sure to become a firm favorite with everyone.
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August 01, 2009: I started reading this book to my four year old grandson but after going from story to story and realizing that most of the stories ended with someone dying or being eaten I quickly put it away. I know that fairy tales are generally violent but most books written for the younger set are "sugar coated" or even changed to keep from freaking out the kid. I will wait until he is much older to read this to him.
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February 09, 2009: This was a nice gift for my daughter. The stories are classic and good for bedtime. We found we needed to edit some of the stories, as they are true to the original form and a little graphic. ie: Tom Thumb gets swallowed by a wolf, and the father kills the wolf with an axe and cuts Tom out of it's stomach. Traditional Brothers Grimm yes...good for little minds trying to get to sleep... no. Not a problem at this age so far, we just leave that part out while we're reading.