The illustrations were super adorable, because Lucy Cousins. These well-known fairy tales are still pretty gruesome though...the big bad wolf eats little red riding hood and her grandmother and gets his head chopped off for it. I especially liked it when Big Billy Goat Gruff butted the troll into the river and then the three goat brothers ate so much that they could barely walk home. I feel you, goats. That's me after every visit to all-you-can-eat sushi. I also love every iteration of Chicken Little/Chicken Licken/Henny Penny because all the animals names are slightly different and they always make me giggle. This one had Goosey Poosey and Ducky Daddles. Ducky Daddles!!

Also, unrelated, wikipedia has just informed me that Disney made a WWII propaganda film in which Foxy Loxy uses knowledge gained from Mein Kampf to trick the birdies on the farm into leaving so he can eat them. They changed the title of the book to "Psychology" (lol and also ugh) but the passages he reads aloud are still from Mein Kampf. He manipulates the masses by targeting the least intelligent (Chicken Little) and "undermining the faith of the masses in their leaders". And then he KILLS THEM ALL. I don't know what the moral is supposed to be but I guess it's something like don't listen to the least intelligent among you because they are easily manipulated by the enemy"?? ANYWAY this has nothing to do with the book but now you all know slightly more about American propaganda. ( )

This is a classic fairy tale book with wonderful pictures. Some of the stories have endings that I haven't seen such as the woodman chopping off the wolfs head to reveal the grandmother he had eaten! The three little pigs purchased their hay, wood and bricks from people, and in the end when the wolf couldn't blow down the brick house, the pigs stewed him and ate him. I think the art adds a lot to these fairy tales and it was a joy to read!

A collection of eight popular fairy tales drawn in a style that looks like a child made it.

There is a lot of repetition in each of these stories which is why I think they would be great to read to a young class. It would also help them to learn to read.

This book is pretty funny and her art work is wonderful in bold colors. The author talks about heros and that children are tasty. The language is simple and fun to read. ( )