The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales
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Book Overview
Now back in print, a beautifully illustrated collection of twelve reimagined fairy tales, including classics like "Beauty and the Beast" and literary tales like Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince." Alice and Martin Provensen were one of the most talented husband-and-wife author-illustrator teams of the twentieth century. A long-out-of-print cult classic first published 50 years ago, The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales is a treasury of their illustrations accompanied by fairy tales from authors such as A. A. Milne, Hans Christian Andersen, and Oscar Wilde. Here too are clever retellings and newly imagined tales: refined old favorites like Arthur Rackham's "Beauty and the Beast," feminist revisions like Elinor Mordaunt's "The Prince and the Goose Girl," and sensitive stories by literary stylists like Henry Beston's "The Lost Half-Hour" and Katharine Pyle's "The Dreamer." Full of magic, ingenuity, and humor, The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales is a witty modern descendant of Grimm's Fairy Tales and a classic in its own right, sure to be beloved by a new generation.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1681375826
ISBN13:9781681375823
Release Date:November 2021
Publisher:New York Review of Books
Length:136 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.8" x 8.7" x 10.9"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
Customer Reviews
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The best book of Fairy Tales
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is the version of Fairy Tales that I grew up reading. These stories are beautifully written. The magic of these stories is so much more enduring than the Disney stories. My seven year old daughter told me she was too old for "princess stories." I read her several stories from this book, and she was amazed! The illustrations are a bit odd, but the words are wonderful.
Favorite Book of Fairy Tales as a Child
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I am 33 years old as of this writing and I remember this as by far my favorite fairy tale book as a child. My favorite story in the book was The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde - the ending was bittersweet and always made me cry but it was a beautiful testiment to friendship and the importance of kindness. There is also a wonderfully "girl power" version of The Prince and The Goosegirl. The prince wanted to possess the beautiful goosegirl but she just wanted to be loved - not owned.I searched out this book because my husband and I are planning to adopt and I could not imagine a better book for a child to learn the importance and magic of books.
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