Hansel & Gretel (Young Reading Gift Books) - Hardcover

Daynes, Katie; Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0794510531 ISBN 13: 9780794510534

Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 1-These series titles are designed to be shared by adults and youngsters. The children's pages have large print and only a few simple words or sentences, while those for adults are more difficult. Hansel and Gretel follows the traditional story, minus the stepmother. The pictures are rather stiff, stylized cartoons. Many superior renditions of the story are available; this one's only strength is to promote the concept of tandem reading. In New Red Bed, a boy experiences a series of manic dream adventures when he sleeps in his new bed for the first time. There is no coherent story-just rapid changes of scene, brightly illustrated with humorous cartoons. Subjects were apparently chosen with an ear toward phonics: "-dog on a frog," "-fish on a dish," "-green bats in hats/and big fat blue cats." Budgets would be better spent on traditional easy-reader favorites.-Lisa Smith, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY

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About this edition

• Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0794510531
• ISBN 13: 9780794510534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: McCafferty Jan