Fairy Tale Land
Fairy Tale Land
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books - Quarto Books
Annotation: Fairy Tale Land is a large-format gift book filled with classic fairy tales and exquisitely illustrated maps for children to pore over.
Genre: [Fairy tales]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #311475
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 11/02/21
Illustrator: Clerc, Lucille,
Pages: 107 pages
ISBN: 0-7112-4753-6
ISBN 13: 978-0-7112-4753-6
Dewey: 398.2
Dimensions: 35 cm
Language: English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews

Twelve classic tales retold, in an oversized album, with each one's setting depicted as a broad and verdant landscape.Despite the book's size and expansive perspectives, the interior art is the underachiever here, Clerc tending toward partial glimpses of widely separate buildings and scattered figures amid vast swathes of flowers and obscuring vegetation. On the other hand, many characters, including Dorothy and Snow White, are depicted as people of color. Davies obligingly alters the evil queen's line to "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most beautiful woman of all?" and picks up the slack in other ways too, mostly in terms of gender equity. Along with embedding nods to other tales (naming Beauty's beast Prince Caspian, for instance), she tucks in sly tweaks: "Dorothy felt as though she were living her life in black and white." Though the stories are all the same four and a half pages in length, which is an achievement in itself, as the originals range from "Hansel and Gretel" to Treasure Island, they are admirably coherent and, often, entertainingly spun. Readers will cheer on Cinderella as she "boogie[s] around the dazzling ballroom" and later answers Prince Charming's marriage proposal with "One day, maybe. But in the meantime, do you have a spare room in your palace?"Sumptuous at first glance, but the reading will make a more lasting impression than the looking. (Illustrated stories. 7-10)

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Kirkus Reviews
Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: 2-5

Fairy Tale Land opens the gates to the magical land where all the fairy tale characters live. Get lost in this visually stunning, oversized gift book that features all the well-loved stories, and immerse yourself in their enchanting world!

The tales are expertly retold, perfect for bedtime, and each story is followed with an exquisitely illustrated, detailed map of its neighbourhood. You can drop into Hansel and Gretel’s cottage, explore the palace from Beauty and the Beast, and dive deep under the sea with the Little Mermaid. What wonderful things can you find in your favourites’ homes?

Beautiful, stylish, and vibrant illustrations adorn each page, as the magical text transports readers to faraway lands of mystery, fantasy and magic. Stunning full-page artworks and the detailed maps of the lands in which these stories take place mean this title will be lovingly pored over time and time again.

The stories include:

  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Nutcracker
  • Cinderella
  • The Jungle Book
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Hansel and Gretel
  • Robin Hood
  • Treasure Island
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Snow Queen
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Snow White
The exquisite artwork and captivating text make this spellbinding anthology a gift to treasure for all generations.


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