Three Tales of Three contains three favorite fairy tales -- Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little Pigs -- that will carry children away with a huff and a puff to a place where things are not too big and not too small, but just the right size.
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PreSchool-Grade 3-Two innocuous collections of classic fairy tales. In the first title, "Cinderella," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," and "Rapunzel" are bloodlessly retold without the Grimm endings. Here, the stepsisters bicker and quarrel at Cinderella's palace but do her no harm; Snow White's evil stepmother never knows a moment's peace; and Rapunzel does not bear twins until she is reunited with and married to the prince. Charko's watercolors lack medieval detail but depict the usual images associated with these stories, replete with flowing hair, billowing dresses, handsome princes, and not-too-scary villains. The second offering contains "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," and "The Three Little Pigs." The retellings are more conversational and remain true to the original refrains, but here the big bad Wolf is popped into the sky by a butter churn and never seen again. Jackson's red-ink outlined watercolors feature stylized shapes and visual clutter. The cornerstones of early childhood, the "three" tales, are much better served both in the telling and illustration in versions by Paul Galdone, Marcia Brown, Byron Barton, Janet Stevens, James Marshall, and a host of others.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Marilyn Helmer is the author of many books for children, including One Splendid Tree and Funtime Riddles. She lives in Burlington, Ontario.
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Good memories,
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This review is from: Three Tales of Three (Once-Upon-a-Time) (Hardcover)
well written. Just the way I remember the stories to be. I liked that the story of the three pigs wasn't sugar coated. A lot of the three pigs books have been changed to have a kinder ending for the two pigs. This book tells the book as I remebered.
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