This is a collection of brilliant fairy-tales originally composed at the age of 16 for Ellen Emerson, Flower Fables (1855) by Alcott. It is her first writing that presents a treasury of six different old-fashioned tales brimming with enchanting and remarkable fairies and other mortals, each carrying a hidden moral lesson. Though, it is not considered to be a powerful creation but being a bedtime masterpiece, it is a piece of literature that leaves its impact.
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Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semiautobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: '. . . because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man. ' She was an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.
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A beautifully illustrated compilation of fables.
24 Jun 1998
By A Customer
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Format:Hardcover
This discovery of unpublished fables by Louisa May Alcott should be read by children during their important impressionable years. The illustrations are beautiful and complimentary to the text. While classics of Louisa May Alcott, Little Women and Little Men, are for the early teens, these fables for the preteens tease the imagination in a magical way. This sort of alternative to the upbringing of children by the video media is sorely needed and provided by Flower Fables.
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Many versions vary in illustration quality
3 Dec 2009
By Brian Villanueva
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Format:Hardcover
The stories in Flower Fables are excellent. However, for young children (age 3-5), you really need to include some type of picture on each page. Amazon sells about a dozen versions of the hardback of this book, and color pictures are sadly lacking in most of them. I checked out at least 3 versions from the library before settling on the one I am buying.
If you're going to purchase Flower Fables, my recommendation is the version published in 1998 and illustated by Leah Palmer Preiss. She features full page color illustrations every 3-4 pages, and nearly every page includes some type of color. The introduction is abridged to fit on one page, but the text of the fables appears intact.
Note that Amazon's "Look Inside" feature shows the same book interior regardless of which printing you are ordering.
If you're going to purchase Flower Fables, my recommendation is the version published in 1998 and illustated by Leah Palmer Preiss. She features full page color illustrations every 3-4 pages, and nearly every page includes some type of color. The introduction is abridged to fit on one page, but the text of the fables appears intact.
Note that Amazon's "Look Inside" feature shows the same book interior regardless of which printing you are ordering.
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Flower Fables
9 Dec 2002
By A Customer
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Format:Hardcover
This was the most enchanting book I think that I have ever read. Such beautiful illustrations.
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