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Title: Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser, Paul O. Zelinsky ISBN: 0-525-46152-3 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A classic
Comment: Hansel and Gretel is a classic story about a family that lives in the woods. The father is a woodcutter and the family is very poor. The mother convinces the father that they should go out into the woods and leave their children there. She says that it is the only way they will survive. Hansel heard his parents talking about this one night and he told Gretel. The next day, their parents told them that they were going into the forest to chop wood. Hansel took a handful of pebbles and dropped them a little bit at a time on their way. This was so they could find their way back home. The idea worked. The mother and father decided to try again. This time Hansel dropped breadcrumbs, but the birds of the forest ate the breadcrumbs and the children were lost. They started walking and came upon a house made of candy. Little did they know, a witch lived inside. The witch tried cooking Hansel, but Gretel managed to shove the witch into the oven. Hansel and Gretel found lots of pearls and diamonds in boxes in the witches house. They shoved them into their pockets and left. They finally found their way home and when they got there, they found out that the mother had died.
This book has always been one of my favorites. When you add Zelinsky illustration's it is a literary success. Rika Lesser did an incredible job of retelling this classic. The umbrella theme of children's literature of, "if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything" is hidden in the fairy tale book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Tasha's Review of Hansel and Gretel
Comment: Hansel and Gretel is a book about a family of a wife and a husband who have two children. The father is a woodcutter and at the moment they are very poor. The stepmother convinces the father that they should go out into the woods and leave their children there. She says that that is the only way they will survive. Hansel heard their parents talking about this one night and he told Gretel. The next day, their parents told them that they were going into the forest to chop wood. Hansel took a handful of pebbles and dropped them a little bit at a time on their way. This was so they could find their way back home. The idea worked. The stepmother and father decided to try again though. This time, Hansel dropped bread crumbs, but they fell asleep and when they awoke, the bread crumbs were gone. They started walking, at last they found a house that was made of candy. Little did they know, a witch lived inside. The witch tried cooking Hansel, but Gretel managed to shove the witch into the oven. Hansel and Gretel found lots of pearls and diamonds in boxes in the witches house. They shoved them into their pockets and left. They finally found their way home and when they got there, they found out that the stepmother had died. The children and their father lived happily ever after though, and they had plenty to eat!
I think that it was a very good children's book. the detail was understandable for children. There were pictures on every page, so that also helps the children to be able to understand the story better. I liked how creative the author was. I liked how the story ended happily, but there was one thing I did not like about the book. I did not like that the stepmother was so mean to the children. I think that will make children think that adults (especially stepmothers) are always mean. I am glad though that the stepmother was the one who died at the end, and not the father.
By, Tasha (...)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful!
Comment: As a 5 and 6 year old, I recall reading this stark version of the fairy-tale. The illustrations here are simply beautiful! I remember talking to my mom about the issues in this tale -- famine and starvation, abandonment, cannibalism, supporting, being supported by your sibling, and returning/reunited to your family after being through everything.
My mom helped me understand the mom's behaviour in this story, and I hope I can do that for my son some day. Like all fairy tales, this simply looks at some of the worst that could happen, and lets you see a way out. I read it without these gorgeous illustrations too. You can't disney all of life, though I admit, I'm a sentimental soft-hearted person who cries when the cats get rained on when I'm watching the Aristocats :-) Enjoy, and think too ...
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Title: Rapunzel (Caldecott Medal Book) by Paul O. Zelinsky, Jacob W. Grimm ISBN: 0525456074 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky, Jacob W. Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm ISBN: 0525442650 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: October, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer, Kinuko Y. Craft ISBN: 0688080510 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 24 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon F. Craft, Kinuko Craft ISBN: 1587171201 Publisher: SeaStar Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg ISBN: 0688152813 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 24 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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