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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
A "birthday book"for I believe my 16th birthday, from my parents. I've loved it ever since.
I wrote an essay for this book in the fourth grade. My essay was the shit.
Book was great too.
Book was great too.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is an incredibly charming folk tale, with some very positive messages for young readers (such as kindness and humility will get you further in life than any sort of physical beauty). What really makes this book a stand out though is it's incredible illustrations. Every page was breathtaking in its unique beauty. Steptoe truly brings the scenery and the people to life.
Anyone looking for a good picture book read should check this out. Anyone who likes beautiful art should check this out.
Anyone looking for a good picture book read should check this out. Anyone who likes beautiful art should check this out.
This is a Fantastic Fairytale from Africa. There are 2 daughters of a chief that are both very beautiful. One daughter is kind and beautiful on the inside and one daughter would rather be Queen and have people serve her. She is unkind to the other sister. The kind sister tends a beautiful garden and befriends a snake in the garden and sings to it. They are summoned to the great city so the king may choose a wife. The unkind sister sneaks out at night and encounters several people along the way asking for something. She is not kind to them thinking she will be queen and why should a queen be kind. The kind sister sets out with her village and she meets the same people with kindness and gifts. When she gets to the village the sister is screaming in terror as there was a 5 headed snake on the throne. You really need to read the ending. It’s a great tale and like many fairy tales, it ends so well.
I love this story. It has some amazing art and characters and Disney could do a lovely job with this on the big screen. It has some great views and plenty of people. How do I miss so many great stories in the world? I have learned the world is filled with great stories.
The niece couldn’t believe the nice sister would pet the snake in the garden. She said she would not do that. I told her I wouldn’t either. She thought the story was really good too. She gave this 4 stars. She liked the kind sister more. The nephew thought this was a cool story. He liked the snake in the garden and he liked the king at the end. He thought the kind was pretty great. He didn’t like the mean sister either. He gave this 3 stars.
I love this story. It has some amazing art and characters and Disney could do a lovely job with this on the big screen. It has some great views and plenty of people. How do I miss so many great stories in the world? I have learned the world is filled with great stories.
The niece couldn’t believe the nice sister would pet the snake in the garden. She said she would not do that. I told her I wouldn’t either. She thought the story was really good too. She gave this 4 stars. She liked the kind sister more. The nephew thought this was a cool story. He liked the snake in the garden and he liked the king at the end. He thought the kind was pretty great. He didn’t like the mean sister either. He gave this 3 stars.
An African Cinderella tale told with extraordinarily realistic watercolor and line illustrations.
I bought this for my girls but it really was a book from my childhood that I wanted to share with them. I loved it! It hits different when you have beautiful daughters of your own.
This was a lovely book to read. The text and pictures went beautifully together, and the story flowed nicely. I've read a lot of books with this theme, but this is in the top tier.
The blurb for this book says that it's based on a folktale from Zimbabwe, but it reads as a fairy tale to me. I know that's a difficult distinction, sometimes, and there's a lot of crossover, but still. Two sisters, one kind and one unkind, face the same challenges and respond to them differently, earning different fates. The challenges seem like the typical fairy tale ones - helping strangers when on a journey, for instance. There's no toads falling out of mouths or anything, but there's a magic shapeshifting snake, so the fantastical element exists. It's an enjoyable if unsurprising story, but what bumps it up to four stars are the illustrations, which are outstanding. Really, really gorgeous.
This children's book is of value for both the story and the illustrations. It is the type of book that you can go over many times to appreciate different parts. Mufaro has 2 lovely daughters, Manyara and Nyasha, who are opposite personalities. Nyasha is kind and enjoys nature and animals, and Manyara is cruel and superficial. The king calls for all the beautiful girls of the kingdom (in an African Village). Mufaro sends both of his daughters. One leaves in the night and one leaves with the entourage. The experiences are opposite. The end is predictable, but it is a children's book after all.
I read this in the third grade. Still remember this one, especially the beautiful illustrations.