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Summary: I was snow white!
Review: ... all of her [Lisa's] books are exquisite. In addition to this I would reccomend Twelve Dancing Princesses and her beutiful Christmas books. I highly reccomend this lovely fairy tale!
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Summary: Beautifully illustrated little-known fairy tale
Review: I bought this about a year ago for a little girl, aged 5. Her older sister (aged 8) also ended up loving it. The story is a simple one - two young girls Snow White and Rose Red living deep in the woods give refuge to a bear. Later they encounter a dwarf who is consistently rude to them. They rescue him several times, but receive no thanks in return. Much later, the bear shows up, kills the dwarf (who it turns out pull a spell on him). And lo - a handsome prince appears. He and his brother marry Snow White and Rose Red.The pictures in this book are beautifully drawn, with little details making the story come alive. I was lucky enough to find this book on sale, but I think it would be worth adding to the library of a child loving fairy tales.
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Summary: Beautifully illustrated little-known fairy tale
Review: I bought this about a year ago for a little girl, aged 5. Her older sister (aged 8) also ended up loving it. The story is a simple one - two young girls Snow White and Rose Red living deep in the woods give refuge to a bear. Later they encounter a dwarf who is consistently rude to them. They rescue him several times, but receive no thanks in return. Much later, the bear shows up, kills the dwarf (who it turns out pull a spell on him). And lo - a handsome prince appears. He and his brother marry Snow White and Rose Red. The pictures in this book are beautifully drawn, with little details making the story come alive. I was lucky enough to find this book on sale, but I think it would be worth adding to the library of a child loving fairy tales.
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Summary: Beautiful although little known fairy tale
Review: I made my mom read this story so many times I actually memorized every word. This was my most favorite story ever and the reason I learned to love reading. Stories like this where evil is punished and good rewarded teach a needed lesson these days. I am so glad This book can still be found! I am buying it to read to my newborn daughter.
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Summary: fail to love up to the promise of this great fable
Review: Technically perfect drawings and word-perfect text still fail to love up to the promise of this great fable.
Even though almost all of the illustrations are very good, & the story follows the original exactly, it doesn't have a whole lot of vitality or excitement. I would prefer a little mysticism to the banality of these illustrations & text.
Obviously this is my personal opinion, but I feel Ruth Sanderson has done better.
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