A First Book of Fairy Tales

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Not only does it look super-cool (and it does), but it also has heaps of benefits, from boosting reading confidence to increasing self-esteem. I read this book years back, before the recent craze for fairy tales began, and remember thinking that it was true to the original form, fairy tales were never intended to be a bedtime story, unless we parents meant our children to have horrible nightmares. There are lengthy introductions, afterwords, and notes explaining why the stories are selected and where they are obtained from. The book is a collection of stories from all over the world, all of which based around a female character.

These stunning paperback exclusive editions are available as a set or individually, and can be read as standalone books!The second half makes a much better effort at global inclusiveness, though it still leaves a lot to be desired as a survey. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

While a large portion of these fairy-tales are extremely funny and silly, there's also a lingering sense of the macabre hiding between these pages. A fascinating history of the creatures that populate myths and folklore, John Cherry’s Mythical Beasts is beautifully reimagined as a Folio edition illustrated with archive images and Neil Packer’s striking new motifs and binding design. I pushed through because it was recommended by a curriculum, but there are so many better options out there, so I'm giving up on this one. The drawings are beautiful and has a great selection from the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen.

Nothing, for her, was outside the pale: she wanted to know about everything and everyone, and every place and every word.