Customer Reviews

Jump at the Sun: Beauty and the Beast - Fairy-TaleClassics (Jump at the Sun Fairy-Tale Classics)

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I bought all of the JATS fairy tales for my girls. It is great to have books that feature black girls but are not ABOUT being black. Our kids want some fantasy too. The one problem I have is the a few of the JATS books (including this one) feature villians that may be too threatening for very young kids (mine are 2 & 4). In this book, the beast threatens Beauty's father by saying that he will die by by the end of the day for stealing roses. There are at least two others that use an explicit threat of death against the hero or heroine. It's just not a topic I want to discuss with my kids because the older one if afraid of it already. Just a warning for parents who have not really discussed death with their kids.

We love the "Jump at the Sun" books. I have bought almost all of them for my 4 year old daughter. She is at the age when she is *so* enchanted with all things "princess," and I am so sick of the lily-white Disney ones. Having these fairy-tales told with African-american characters is a wonderful change. The stories are pretty much as you would remember them -- the only difference is the color of the characters skin. I recommend this book to any little girl ages 2 to 7 -- no matter who she is.

Beautifully illustrated with gloriously vivid colors, this book and ALL the others in this series/collection are wonderful. The adaptations in text and in the illustrations are masterful and clever. I wish these books were available when I was growing up!

I bought a copy of all the jump at the Sun Fairytale classics. I added it to my multiculture collection in my classroom. These books are ones that many kids continually gravitate to and is a lovely way to include different ethnicity to a "traditional" fairytale.

I recommend this book to every little girl, and not just African American little girls. We should have more stories to show another images for our young ones. (Thumbs UP)!!!!

I love to purchase books where my nieces can identify and place themselves in the story. This book is one that allows them to do so. I enjoyed it and so did they.

JATS books are a great addition to your child's library. My children light up when they hear and see fairy tales with characters that resemble them. Great idea and I look forward to more releases.

One cautionary note - as one reviewer also mentioned, some villans and concepts(i.e. witch in Rapunzel and Beast in Beauty and the Beast) are a bit "scary" so feel free to re-work or skip pages if your youngster looks a bit frightened.