Mary Engelbreit’s Fairy Tales: Twelve Timeless Treasures is one book you won’t mind reading to your kids night after night after night.
The charming treasure chest features amazingly fanciful illustrations which only award-winning Engelbreit could create. However, the stunning pictures are only part of what make Fairy Tales a family favorite in our home. The stories, featuring classic childhood characters from Snow White to Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Cinderella are perfectly penned to keep youngsters coming back for more.
Engelbreit’s Fairy Tales is modified to accentuate her gorgeous illustrations. Special emphasis is placed on passages that coincide with dream-like images of Rapunzel in her tower and an ordinary pumpkin magically transforming into Cinderella’s bright golden carriage.
While the morals of the stories are not compromised, the length of each tale is reduced in order to keep young children’s attention. Of course, my 6-year-old daughter spends so much time examining each and every detail lovingly painted on all 128 pages of the book that bedtime is no shorter despite Engelbreit’s condensed versions of favorites, such as Aladdin, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, and The Frog Prince.
HarperCollins publication of Engelbreit’s wonderfully woven literary masterpiece is a must-have for anyone who has ever had Technicolor dreams of far off lands filled with magical mermaids, handsome heroes and pretty princesses.
As the title denotes, Fairy Tales: Twelve Timeless Treasures, features a dozen unforgettable stories that are just begging to be read out loud. The delightful book would make a great addition a child’s bedtime routine. Likewise, it would also come in handy around the holidays as a gift to give your favorite little bookworm or as a keeper for grandma’s library to be shared with multiple generations.
Fairy Tales: Twelve Timeless Treasures, can be found at HarperCollins.com as well as major book stores across the country.
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