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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.210944
EAN num: 9780395570029
ISBN number: 0395570026
Label: Clarion Books
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 156
Printing Date: August 16, 1993
Publishing house: Clarion Books
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 93591
Studio: Clarion Books
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Product Description:
An illustrated collection of eleven classic tales including such favorites as The Little Red Hen, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.
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I purchased this book for my wife who has chosen fairy tales as one of her specializations for her English degree. This review is my quick summary of her comments on the book.
The book is nicely illustrated (by Sally Holmes) and it has a brief introduction that provides a little history of Charles Perrault and fairy tales in general. Additionally, in the back of the book , there are a few notes for each fairy tale.
The versions of the stories are entertaining and the morals are in verse. However, the authors took liberties in their translation and writing that deviate from the original meanings of the stories as originally written in French. The greatest liberties being taken with the morals; in order to re-create the rhyme the literal meanings are lost.
Overall it is a pleasant read, but of little academic value for those seriously studying fairy tales. A better suggestion is the dual language book, translated by Stanley Appelbaum titled "The Complete Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose".
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I find this book very well written to be appreciated by all ages. Each story contains a few pictures, and a concluding moral. Anyone who loves fairytales would find this book a pleasure to read...
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It was my fault I did not pay attention to the reader age group 9-12yrs. I thought this book would have more details in the stories such as in the real Cinderella it mentions that the evil step sister had to cut parts of their feet to fit into the glass slipper, the prince notices the blood and then asked Cinderella the chamber maid to try on the slipper. This is never mentioned in this version. Of course I understand this is geared for children, and I was looking for the adult, true translation, version. The same for the Bluebeard story, looks like I will be returning my copy. Hopefully a younger person can find some use for this book.
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Great to have well designed book, with interesting illustrations and good translations. Very user-friendly book.
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This is a complete collection of the fairy tales collected by Charles Perrault, the heart and soul of European fairy tales. Beautiful illustrations, easy to read text, highly recommended. These are original versions, without the Disney "variations."
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