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Flower Fables

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This discovery of unpublished fables by Louisa May Alcott should be read by children during their important impressionable years.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.

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.

This was the most enchanting book I think that I have ever read. Such beautiful illustrations.

Readers of Little Women will enjoy this collection of flower Fables. I specifically downloaded this book for my 9 year old daughter who had enjoyed other books by Alcott. She finished it in an afternoon and rellay loved it. This was a new book for me and I enjoyed the lyrical stories by this beloved author.