Golden Book of Fairy Tales by Adrienne Segur
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- Age Range: 4 to 7
- Pub. Date: October 1999
- 160pp
- Sales Rank: 40,339
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 1999
- Publisher: Random House Children's Books
- Format: Hardcover, 160pp
- Sales Rank: 40,339
- Age Range: 4 to 7
- Series: Golden Book Series
- ISBN-13: 9780307170255
- ISBN: 030717025X
Synopsis
Originally published in 1958, this book contains a selection of 28 traditional stories from the French, German, Danish, Russian and Japanese traditions. Includes The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Puss in Boots, Thumbelina, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Beauty and the Beast.
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A nice intorduction for children into the realm of fairy tales.by Rachett
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July 24, 2009: Buy this for young children with caution. Most of the stories are short enough to keep the attention of younger children, however, while there are plenty of pictures, there are not pictures on every page. This shouldn't be a problem for older children, but it might be for the younger ones. My youngest sister loves this book (she is rather fond of Thumbelina and Kip, the Enchanted Cat) but her twin, who is a little more rambunctious, can't sit still for more than a page or two (they are five). I think I would like this book more if all the pictures were in full color but, I suppose, they are nice enough as they are. Most of the tales are acurate retellings from their "original" writers. For example, Sleeping Beauty, as far as my memory serves, is exactly like Charles Perrault's original telling, however, Little Red Riding Hood takes the form of the more popular, child-friendly telling (in which the wood-cutter saves everyone) as opposed to Perrault's version in which the wolf lives happliy ever after with a belly full of sick grand-ma and foolish, young girl. Don't mind me, though; I am sure such is preferred by the modern parent -I'm just a a college kid who is a stickler for the older, darker Faery tales.
A beautiful children's bookby LizT
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February 09, 2009: I loved this book as a child ~ the stories are wonderful and the pictures are gorgeous. I was so glad to find it again, and I bought it for my grandniece. Then I decided I had to buy another copy to keep in my house. It's really a treasure.
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