[.ca] First Book Of Fairy Tales (ISBN 0756621070)

Wonderful for young children!:
I had been looking for a book of fairy tales for my three year old but most seem to be more appropriate for older children. This book is terrific because it contains many of the best-loved classics - Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, The Princess and The Pea and many others. Also, each tale is just a few pages, pefect for a young child's attention span. It has been fun for me to hear these timeless tales again and they are just as charming as I remembered. My daughter asks for this one again and again.

Outstanding!!!:
My girls love this book and the stories that were chosen. Julie Downing once again has done a fabulous job in her illustrations, we love every book she has ever done!

Magically Illustrated....:
It is as if a fairy waved her wand and these illustrations appeared! Julie Downing discovered her desire to illustrate children's books when she was studying at The Rhode Island School of Design. Her characters have believable personalities and the page of art on the first page of The Little Mermaid is ethereal. Mary Hoffman has written more than 70 books for children and has great powers of observation to bring humor to all her stories and retellings. She lives in Oxfordshire, England, and has three daughters who were brought up on a healthy diet of myths and legends of which she and her husband have a extensive collection. Her goal in writing this book was to chose the best-loved and most well-known fairy tales from European tradition. The stories in this collection strive to show the consequences of greed, pride and vanity. They also tell how love comes from a kind heart. These are the stories you will remember forever because they are so classic. They also teach that good is rewarded and selfishness is punished. Storytelling has played a role in developing character in children for a long, long time. Originally, fairy tales were not just for children...and to tell you a secret: "I still love them!" These stories are easy to read out loud! In this collection you will find: Cinderella The Selfish Giant Rapunzel Jack and the Beanstalk Sleeping Beauty The Little Mermaid The Frog Prince Beauty and the Beast Diamonds and Toads The Twelve Dancing Princesses (never had heard of before!) The Fisherman and his Wife The Princess and the Pea (I tried this as a child to see if I was a princess...lol) Rumpelstiltskin The Snow Queen A page about the storytellers tells about Hans Christian Andersen, Madame De Beaumont, The Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Oscar Wilde. Bring a child's imagination to life with fantasy tales that often have a moral lesson.