Pat starts a new theme at school and its Fairy Tales. I found this wonderful book "The Fairy Tales" for his school. It has amazing silhouette illustrations by Jan Pienkowski and lovely translations by David Walser into English from the original French and German 200 year old stories. The images remind me of old European papercuts. Lucky Junie Moon got some fairy tale paper cut silhouettes from Speckled Egg - eggsactly what i am talking about. And another feature of the book is its large type-font. Perfect for an emerging reader and also his mom who keeps misplacing her reading glasses. Pat and I are sharing the reading of the stories and its heartwarming to cuddle up as the stories unfold.
The stories include Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella. My one little sigh is over the portrayal of stepmothers - wicked. As a step mom it would be nice to find some positive examples in literature. But don't let this dissuade you from borrowing the book from the library or purchasing it. Its published by Penguin Books.
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I love the book you're showing. I hope you're able to get those fairytale silhouettes like mine. I am going to make little framed pictures with my set.
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