- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd (12 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0746018193
- ISBN-13: 978-0746018194
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 20.1 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Stephen Cartwright's colour illustrations accompany a collection of old and new fairy stories from different lands and of different moods, both happy and sad.
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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has been a favourite with all of my children.
The pictures are lovely, and are by the same illustrator as Farmyard Tales.
It's a real treat having a favourite book with so many great stories. All too often the children only like one or two of the stories in a collection.
Recommended for 2 year olds who will sit still, but better still for those closer to 4!
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I agree with the earlier reviewers that this book is great. The classic fairy tales (which I always remembered in Ladybird Book format) are too complex for toddlers and pre-school children. But the classic stories are so good you want to start sharing them with your little ones as soon as possible. This book makes it possible.
It contains the well known stories of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood and several others. The stories are heavily abridged to make them accessible to toddlers but are still there in essence.
The best feature of all the Usborne series of books is their staging of language. At the top of each page is the simplest possible text summarising what is happening. This is great for 2 year olds with basic language skills. At the bottom of each page, suitable for 3-4 year olds, is a small expansion of the story. In this way this book grows with your child, taking them up to the more grown up and fuller versions of the fairy tales.
Another aspect of the Usborne series that I and my children love is the "hunt the duck" game. Every page of every story incorporates a small yellow duck who your child can search for. This sometimes gets forgotten when my little ones are really engrosed in the story. At times like this we often have to go back through the pages just to look for the duck!
I can heartily recommend this book.
It contains the well known stories of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood and several others. The stories are heavily abridged to make them accessible to toddlers but are still there in essence.
The best feature of all the Usborne series of books is their staging of language. At the top of each page is the simplest possible text summarising what is happening. This is great for 2 year olds with basic language skills. At the bottom of each page, suitable for 3-4 year olds, is a small expansion of the story. In this way this book grows with your child, taking them up to the more grown up and fuller versions of the fairy tales.
Another aspect of the Usborne series that I and my children love is the "hunt the duck" game. Every page of every story incorporates a small yellow duck who your child can search for. This sometimes gets forgotten when my little ones are really engrosed in the story. At times like this we often have to go back through the pages just to look for the duck!
I can heartily recommend this book.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is great for 2-4 year olds
The stories are short, simple and beautifully illustrated. I've read this book thousands of times to my daughter who can recite many of them.
If anyone from Usbourne reads this then PLEASE do a sequel of more fairy stories....
The stories are short, simple and beautifully illustrated. I've read this book thousands of times to my daughter who can recite many of them.
If anyone from Usbourne reads this then PLEASE do a sequel of more fairy stories....
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A bit dull & gruesome
Some of the stories in this book are not suitable for children unless you create a different story to the pictures and they can't read yet. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Noelie
We love this book so much we've bought it twice!
This is my second copy of this book. With two daughters aged 7 and 5, this has been a favourite for years. The stories are not too long yet tell the tale well. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Motherofthree
great book
I ordered this book for my 2 year old niece. She loves the stories, her favourite being goldilocks and the three bears. The book is well animated. Good value for money. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Manjit Ruprai
memories
when i was a little girl i had a copy of this book and i remember my mum would read me the stories and i would get really exicted when i found the ducks, now i hope to create the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by claire
fairy tales
i ordered 2 of these 1 for my daughter and 1 for a friend and they are beautiful. its the same book as i had a child only with a new cover i was delighted to see that the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by natalieh
Wonderful bedtime book for my little girl
My daughter (who's 3 & 3/4) loves this book, she loves the stories and the pictures. I like it too, the stories are simply told and last about 4 or 5 minutes to tell, just right. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Phillicomm
Got lots of levels
my immediate reaction was that the illustrations weren't so great but actually as we have been reading the stories over and over with my 2 and a half yr old they have taken a life... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Vera Haroumeni
Lovely
This book is lovely the stories are kept really short and in a simple language ideal for a toddler who might get a bit bored and restless with a long story. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Alex
AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL
I bought this book, based on the pictures and numerous positive reviews. I had no idea there were only 3-4 simple sentences per page, and by simple I mean they lack entire words... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Heather
Fairy Tales delight
Great book, my daughter (2 1/2 yrs)was delighted with it, as was I. We read the whole book as soon as we got it, and again the next morning before day nursery, again after day... Read more
Published 13 months ago by FiC
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