Cookie House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read) [School & Library Binding]

Margaret Hillert (Author), Kinuko Craft (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 31 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080856708X
• ISBN-13: 978-0808567080
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,265,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oddly memorable; gorgeous illustrations and dreamy retelling, February 20, 1998

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This review is from: Cookie House, Softcover, Beginning to Read (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read) (Paperback)

I used to read many books to my young friend Annie, and this retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel was one of my favourites. The illustrations were so vivid and haunting, I wanted to cut them out and frame them. It felt like there was a much larger world in this book, and through the illustrations and the simple but oddly compelling narration you see just a little of it. One picture especially has always remained in my mind-- the boy and girl running hand in hand down wide steps, out of enormous pillars from some forgotten temple or palace in the middle of the wood. There is such a sense of wonder, age, forgotten grandeur added to the natural beauty surrounding the children. It's a short book, and as I say, it's simply told-- but perfectly told. The minimal dialogue adds a sort of Oriental simplicity which sets off the lavish pictures. Sometimes I like to imagine that I am walking through the dark flower-filled woods, riding on the back of the wonderful sea dragon, running up the white steps, pacing the halls of the old masters of the wood and hearing the echoes, watching the moss grow on the stone.

3.0 out of 5 stars A Cookie House (aka Hansel & Gretel), December 11, 2009

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The Illustrated Home Librarian (Owings Mills, MD USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cookie House, Softcover, Beginning to Read (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read) (Paperback)

A kindergarten or lst grade reader version of Hansel & Gretel. And absolutely fine as a primer.

However, I bought it for Kinuko Craft's illos. A mistake. An early work and nowhere near the level of her current excellent artwork. I own just about every work she's illustrated and wouldn't have believed this was hers but for the byline. Still it is better than many illustrations by others.