Usborne Illustrated Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Ruth Brocklehurst and Gillian Doherty
Illustrator: Rafaelle Ligi
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Copyright 2010
303 Pages
Fairy Tales/ Traditional
I chose to read this book because I just love fairy tales and the illustrations seemed so magical that I had to read this book. Usborne Illustrated Grimm’s Fairy Tales contain fifteen fairy tales that are both well known and not so popular. Tales such as Snow White and Rose Red that I have never heard of before are included in this book as well as the well known tales such as Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty. There are many fairy tales that are included in this wonderful book and each tale is unique and wonderfully written.
The illustrations in Usborne Illustrated Grimm’s Fairy Tales are colorful, two dimensional, and match each fairy tale perfectly. The colors reflect that the illustrations were completed using watercolors and are muted with light hues. The illustrator chose to not only include full pages of art but also spot art on many of the pages that breaks up the long passages of text. The text is in both very formal and formal placements and in some cases the text is even informal. Overall, the illustrations flow perfectly with the text and the story lines of each fairy tale.
This book would be appropriate for children anywhere from three to eleven years old. Most younger children will enjoy looking at the pictures and listening to the stories whereas most older children will enjoy actually reading the fairy tales for themselves. Teachers of most any grade can use this book in their classroom to teacher parts of literary history or to aid in allowing children’s imaginations to grow and develop. This book can be used as an introduction to a writing assignment about fairy tales as well. This was an extremely enjoyable book and most any teacher of younger grades would enjoy sharing this book with the entire class.
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