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qu33nofbookz's review against another edition
2.0
Super abrivated sanitized versions of fairytales. Does not say which country the story is from or is, you have to guess by the style of drawing. The seek and find objects are some items a child this books age range is for would not know. Includes looking for characters from other fairytale stories.
libraryrobin's review against another edition
3.0
Retells some familiar and lesser-known princess stories. Fun seek-and-find illustrations. The rhyming text became tedious but would probably be less annoying if the stories were not read all at onece but rather one day.
maidmarianlib's review
3.0
Nice rhyming/poetic renditions of many tales the addition of seek and find pictures is fun.
greymalkin's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
I wanted to love this more but the rhymes created a block of text that became hard to read and made the stories convoluted.
I was also surprised that the stories included so much violence and death in a book that I presumed was for very young children because of the "seek-and-find pictures" aspect.
But maybe it's not for children since the text includes words like "disparaged" and "ilk" and "vengeful".
I guess I'm not sure who the audience for this book is or I'm maybe underestimating how much older kids might enjoy being told to "find 11 swords and a toad"?
I did appreciate that some of the stories were changed from their classic darker endings to give them a happier ending, but still, a little odd to change that and not change that people died or were blinded or almost burned to death.
I also liked the illustrations that do their best to show ethnic diversity, that's a nice touch.
I was also surprised that the stories included so much violence and death in a book that I presumed was for very young children because of the "seek-and-find pictures" aspect.
But maybe it's not for children since the text includes words like "disparaged" and "ilk" and "vengeful".
I guess I'm not sure who the audience for this book is or I'm maybe underestimating how much older kids might enjoy being told to "find 11 swords and a toad"?
I did appreciate that some of the stories were changed from their classic darker endings to give them a happier ending, but still, a little odd to change that and not change that people died or were blinded or almost burned to death.
I also liked the illustrations that do their best to show ethnic diversity, that's a nice touch.
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