Ruth SandersonRecensioni

The illustrations carry this book. The tale is an old one by the Brothers Grimm. The illustrations are lavishly stunning. The story consists of princesses, magic spells, castles, quests, a poor man who longs for more.

The twelve dancing princess have beautiful gowns and lovely shoes to match. Each night they have beautiful shoes and each morning, the soles are worn. The King cannot understand what happens to the shoes. He makes an announcement that if any young man can discover why their shoes become worn, he has the hand on a princess. A young common man named Michael who was told by an older woman that she should look for a gardener position at the castle, she also gave him a clock that when worn, He became invisible.

Michael fell in love with Lina, one of the humble princesses. The other men who tried to solve the riddle were given a potion which rendered them silent.

One night Michael followed the princesses and hid under twelve beds. Eventually, the magical doors were opens and the 12 young girls were clothed in stunning outfits and beautiful shoes.

They went down to a small chamber, where they progressed to rooms of silver, gold and diamonds. Lina suspected she heard someone, but no one else did. A large lake with white swans transported the ladies to a magical palace where they danced with partners throughout the entire night until the soles of their slippers were worn through.

One night Michael took a gold-sprinkled branch. Lina confronted the garden boy Michael who confessed to learning their dancing secret. Later that night, Lina gave him an invitation to the palace where he danced with her. Her did not drink the potion in the cup. The next day they approached the King and were given permission to marry. Instead of a gardener, Michael eventually became a King.

Carle Museum horse exhibit

Rosa Bonheur (b. 1822) was a French artist who painted horses, and showed and sold her work in her own lifetime (e.g. at the Paris Salon exhibition in 1853). Her painting "The Horse Fair" is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but her work was almost forgotten after her death, with the rise of Impressionism and Modern art (and because she was a woman). Rosa never married, but had a beloved lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas.

Rosa's life from childhood through the exhibition of The Horse Fair is covered in the book, with four more full pages ("More About Rosa"), an author's note, recommended drawing books, sources, and image credits.

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I enjoyed the pictures in this, but not so much the adaptation. This is one of my favorite fairy tales, though, so I tend to prefer the original story.

The illustrations were beautiful, but the story was predictable, and unfortunately the words didn't flow as smoothly as the images did.

This version of Cinderella was the most unique in that her father was alive and allowed his daughter to be mistreated in fear of disappointing his new wife. Beautiful illustrations capture Cinderella in a new light.

This was a delightful rhyming tale that took about 10 minutes to read, even with savoring the illustrations. The Queen loves her cats, (both the sweet ones and the brats!), but the King isn't so keen. The cats try to make him love them, but finally he finds the solution himself, and everybody's happy. The illustrations are not quite so lush as in Sanderson's Papa Gatto, but they are full of cattiness, just the same.½

This beautifully illustrated picture book describes the lives of forty remarkable saints from the first millennium of Christianity--the era before the Church was divided into Eastern and Western branches. Starting with the first martyr, Stephen, this volume recounts the lives of many inspiring saints, some well known and many who will be new to the reader. One of the featured saints is our patron, The Venerable Bede! June 2003 Goodnewsletter

The daughter of Father Frost and Mother Spring, the Snow Princess grows up in wintry isolation, with only her parents for company. When she becomes a young woman, she sets out to explore the world, her father's warning about the dangers of falling in love with a human - something that will lead to her death - ringing in her ears. Despite this warning, the princess eventually meets, is befriended by, and falls in love with a young human man named Sergei. Not wanting to die, she attempts to withdraw, only for the snowstorm she summons to endanger Sergei. Can she buy her life at the price of his...?

Based upon The Snow Maiden, a Russian ballet composed by Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Princess has all of the hallmarks of a classic fairy-tale, with the forces of nature, star-crossed lovers, and fateful choices pitting survival against love all playing a role. Ruth Sanderson has changed the ending of the story here, making it less tragic - yes, the Snow Princess will die, but only in the fullness of time, as all mortals do. The artwork, done in oil paint, is absolutely gorgeous. I have a weakness for wintry scenes, so it was probably a foregone conclusion that I would enjoy this one, but Sanderson's paintings are still just lovely. I think my favorite scenes were the ones in which the Snow Princess walks along with the polar bear, and the one in which she kneels over a fallen Sergei. Recommended to Ruth Sanderson fans, and to anyone who appreciated beautifully-illustrated fairy-tales.

Cinderella is one of the most widely known fairy tales. Children across the globe grow up listening or reading about the poor, ill-treated girl who got to marry her prince. Despite several versions of the story, with varying degrees of information provided, the premise of the tale remains the same. A young girl, treated like a servant of the family by her stepmom and step-sisters, is finally able to marry her prince with the help of her magical fairy-godmother, a glass slipper and a lot of farm animals.
The version of Cinderella available for the assignment depicts the story quite beautifully with vivid illustrations and detailed word pictures to enchant the readers and listeners, alike. The style of writing is lucid and should be easily understood by even young children. There is a distinct narrative quality to the story, particularly in the way, this version has been written, with easy sentences and supporting pictures, which captivates the attention of the reader and holds it until the end of the story. An important characteristic of oral storytelling is its flexibility, to be narrated as per the style of orator. The version of the story present to us provides the narrator with that flexibility to mold it as he or she deems fit to his or her style.
As for the extensive illustrations, they are succinct and beautifully presented. They should most certainly capture the imagination of the readers, young or old and allow the younger ones to follow the story more easily. The drawings follow the story closely and although the theme of the illustrations for each page doesn't perfectly align with the content available on that particular page, on the whole it allows the reader/listener to understand the story almost without any words at all. The illustrations have a vintage style to them which only serves to enhance the beauty and lends a sophisticated touch to story, enough to capture the interest of even older readers.

Rose Red and Snow White is one of the classic fairytales from the Grimm's Fairytales collection. I chose this picture book because it was one of the fairytales I had never heard of before, and I was interested in reading it. It is a beautiful tale of two kind sisters and their mother who treat all animals and humans with love and respect. They are even kind to those who are mean to them, and they end up both marrying princes in the end for the good deeds.

Some fairytales that I read this week were very surface level and followed similar plots, but I thought Red Rose and Snow White had deeper content and messages that were buried in the text. I enjoyed reading it, and I would love to share it with my students.

I found this adaptation of Goldilocks and The Three Bears to be humorous and light hearted. I enjoyed how the author poked fun at Goldilocks implying that she had "forgotten all her manners" when she made herself at home in the bears' cottage. This picture book also featured an alternate ending where Goldilocks accompanies the three bears in cleaning up her messes around the house and assists with making blueberry muffins. The end of the book also features a recipe for readers which I think would be a great project to do with students after reading this book. I really enjoyed this revision of a classic tale that still captured the essence of the original work.

From what I have always remembered, the tale of Goldilocks always ended with her running away from the bears after they have discovered her in their home. In this story, the three bears and Goldilocks ended up making blueberry muffins together.
The author definitely added some suspense in this story, and I was ready to flip the page to see the bears eat Goldilocks. When Goldilocks offered the bears her blueberries, Mama Bear said that she knew something that was even tastier. The illustrations were so misleading that I thought Mama Bear was referring to Goldilocks to eat, instead of blueberry muffins.

This story follows Goldilocks as she's picking blueberries in the forest. She stumbles upon a house and disregards her manners and walks right on in! She makes herself at home eating the bears porridge, sitting in their chairs, and even lays in their beds! The bears arrive at their home and realize someone has been in their home. There is a surprise twist, they all wind up making blueberry muffins together.
I absolutely love that they have the recipe for the blueberry muffins at the end of the book! I will be making them. The illustrations are so beautiful and detailed.

This fairytale started of with the traditional ''Once upon a time" introduction. Rose wood and Snow White are two inseparable sisters who live working yet carefree lives in the forest. One day during winter, a bear came knocking on the door frightening everyone inside. Everyone soon eased up as the bear began to speak, asking for a place to rest and keep warm. Once Spring came along the bear left to protect his jewels form dwarfs. Eventually Snow White and Rose wood came in contact with the dwarf. The dwarf kept getting his beard stuck in the forest and became disgusted with the sisters for constantly cutting his beard. I quickly realized the ill-mannered and rude dwarf was the antagonist. The bear soon came across the dwarf that casted a spell against him and immediately killed him. The spell was lifted from the bear who was a prince of a king. The prince and his brother went off to marry Rose Red and Snow White. This fairytale displayed humility, ungratefulness, love and trust.

Summary: A retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in which she helps them to clean up their home at the end and they all bake blueberry muffins.

Just stunning. I bought this long before Patrick was a twinkle in anyone's eye because the paintings were so, so lovely. Ruth Sanderson's cats are as gorgeous as Lesley Ann (sp?) Ivory's, and from me, that's saying something.

This fairy tale follows Goldilocks, who is picking blueberries in the forest. She comes upon a house made for three bears and she makes herself at home. She eats their dinner, sits in their chairs, and sleeps in their bed. When the bears arrive home, they notice her in the bed. Once Goldilocks notices the bears, they all begin to bake blueberry muffins together.

This story is filled with some twists. Just when the audience thinks Goldilocks will be eaten, it turns out all she is going to do is bake muffins. The author used traditional aspects to a fairy tale including "once upon a time." The illustrations were vivid, and looked realistic.

Summary: This story is about a Queen who has many, many cats. The Queen loves them but the cats feel as if the King doesn't like them as much as they like him. So they try their best to win his affection. In the end, the King gets a dog who ends up becoming friends with the cats, and they decide the King must love them afterall since he got them a dog as a new friend.

Critique of Genre: Fantasy, because the story is being told from the point of view of all the cats in the house and animals can't actually talk or have feelings about being well-liked.

Age: Primary

Media: Does not specify

A good representation of the classic Goldilocks folktale. Goldilocks was one of my favorite folktales when I was little so I thought the illustrations throughout the book were nearly perfect to the classic folktale. I would recommended this book to anyone because it shows an actual representation of the classic folktale. Goldilocks walks into the three bears house and starts eating their food, sitting in their chairs, and also sleeping in their beds. When the three bears notice something is off about their house, they search around for the problem. They then find Goldilocks in their bed. Goldilocks wants a chance to make up for her rudeness,so she donates her basket of blueberries to the bears. She feels so guilty that she then offers to help make the beds, fix the chairs. She then makes blueberry muffins for the bears because she ate their porridge. This is definitely different than the classic folktale because I feel that in this story, Goldilocks actually learned something from her mistakes. I would use this book in my classroom to teach students about Goldilocks.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale we all know, with little details that vary from the original. After the death of her mother, Cinderella is forced to spend her days with her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. Cinderella is treated as a servant by them and is told that can't go to the ball. With the help of her fairy god mother, Cinderella goes to the ball and dances with the prince. She loses her glass slipper at the ball and the prince goes out to find the true owner of the slipper, who at the end of the story, becomes his princess. The two live happily ever after.

This book Cinderella is similar to the original fairytale "Cinderella" we all know and love. But, they do have some big differences. For example, in this book Cinderella's father is alive and a main character in the book. The plot of the story is that Cinderella's mother passed away and now he married a mean widow with two mean daughters. Just like in the original, Cinderella does all the cleaning and serves the family. It is told in the story that the step mother has control over Cinderella's father. As we know, the king's son is having a ball and invited every young beautiful lady to attend. Cinderella wants to attend of course but the step mother refuses to let her go. A fairy godmother appears and helps Cinderella look beautiful and uses pumpkins and mice to make a carriage for her to get to the ball. Another big difference is, Cinderella's beautiful dress in gold in this book and as we know in the original, her dress was blue. I know whenever I think of Cinderella, I think of her in the beautiful blue sparkly dress with her golden hair in a neat bun. Cinderella arrives at the ball and attracts to prince immediately and the rest is history. Another big difference between the original and this story is when the prince arrives to see who the glass slipper belongs to, Cinderella was sitting in the garden, not locked upstairs by the step mother. The prince notices and asks, "Who is that in the garden?" and her father says, "That's my daughter. Isn't she beautiful?" That was so cute. Cinderella and the prince lived happily ever after, of course. You can tell this is a fairytale from all the magical attributes and the unrealistic plot. The style in this book is similar to the original and so is the theme. I believe there is a few themes to Cinderella. For example: Good will always conquers evil. Good things happen to good people. Anything can happen if you just believe. Love will find its way. I think this book is just as good as the original, but for me, nothing will beat the original. I know children would love this book and enjoy it just as I did.

I *loved* this one--story, text, pictures, all of it--about a prince who finds himself at odds with his wife's love of the dozens of cats she's invited into their castle.

*Gorgeous* illustrations; story traditional but only slightly interesting to me.