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A review by scribesprite
English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
3.0
Jacobs mentions at the beginning that the tales in this book should be read out loud but I think parents should probably read the tales before they go and blab it to their kids. Not to say that their are a whole bunch of brutal killings but its not all sunshine and daisies all the time neither. I know that fairy tales are really not as sugary sweet as they are in Disney or any of the retellings that I love.
There is a repetivness to the tales. There were more Giants than I expected and can recall only one fairy story. Lots of Jacks too, and royalty (kind of knew that though).
Some of the tales were very familiar (ex. Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs) though they were a tad altered occasionally. But there were new ones I hadn't heard of before, but I'm no fairy tale expert. I pretty much stick to the Disney movies and book retellings that are out there.
One of my favorites that I never heard of before was Nix Nought Nothing. Now that I think is just screaming for a retelling. And Earl Mar's Daughter sounds like it could be really something. But that is the thing. I thought some of the tales were silly, some were interesting, some boring, and some were good but in the ones I believed were good I felt should have been full blown stories.
I did learn why some parents read fairy tales to their childs before bed. Almost evey time I started reading the tales I'd start getting sleepy. I'd be reading it in the middle of the day and I'd start nodding off. I don't know why because sometimes I was actually interested in the tales and there is no way I was too tired since I'm on vacation. It makes no sense.
In any case not bad.
There is a repetivness to the tales. There were more Giants than I expected and can recall only one fairy story. Lots of Jacks too, and royalty (kind of knew that though).
Some of the tales were very familiar (ex. Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs) though they were a tad altered occasionally. But there were new ones I hadn't heard of before, but I'm no fairy tale expert. I pretty much stick to the Disney movies and book retellings that are out there.
One of my favorites that I never heard of before was Nix Nought Nothing. Now that I think is just screaming for a retelling. And Earl Mar's Daughter sounds like it could be really something. But that is the thing. I thought some of the tales were silly, some were interesting, some boring, and some were good but in the ones I believed were good I felt should have been full blown stories.
I did learn why some parents read fairy tales to their childs before bed. Almost evey time I started reading the tales I'd start getting sleepy. I'd be reading it in the middle of the day and I'd start nodding off. I don't know why because sometimes I was actually interested in the tales and there is no way I was too tired since I'm on vacation. It makes no sense.
In any case not bad.