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lmorgen's review against another edition
5.0
The Princess And The White Bear King was one of my top-favorite books as a younger child. I simply adored this book, checking it out at the library at every oppurtunity. I still love this book now at 14, this is my favorite fairy tale of all time. It has a certain fairy-tale-in-another-world feel that no other fairy tale has. I love this book and story, need I say more?
akmargie's review against another edition
4.0
A wonderful retelling of my favorite tale, East of the Sun, West of the Moon. The author combines elements from other tales with similar themes. The illustions are modern, bright and very lively. Although the troll queen could have been a bit more troll-like!
alicebennett's review against another edition
4.0
I would use this book with a Year Two or Year Three class that enjoys fairy tale and adventure books. I would take some of the events in the book, such as the youngest princess agreeing to live with the bear in exchange for a beautiful golden crown, as the stimulus for big questions. I would ask my class whether they would do something similar if they could have the thing they wanted the most in exchange and discuss the possible consequences with them of making this sacrifice. I would be asking questions as I read this book, asking for the children's opinions and talking about how some of the characters are feeling. The book has some clear text to text references to Beauty and the Beast with the animal bridegrooms and we would discuss this using the children's prior knowledge. Also, the language used in the story is very descriptive and I would take some of this to inspire the children's story writing, for example: "as if a hundred summers had come at once". I would also turn my classroom into the bear's palace with lots of fake snow, fairy lights and a role play area with crowns and capes. We would read books about bears, discuss how they would normally behave and I would teach them about their typical habitats.
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