Re: fairy tale recommendations

On 3 Dec 2003 10:14:42 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (beeswing) wrote:

>I tried posting this yesterday, but I haven't seen it yet. I don't
>think it went out, but if it's a repeat, I'm sorry. Here's the
>question:
>
>My almost-9-year-old daughter has asked for a book of fairy tales for
>Christmas. She's an advanced reader who reads at the sixth grade
>level. I'd like to track down a regular-sized (not oversized and not a
>picture book, per se) version that would be engaging to a child this
>age. Illustrations would be a plus but not strictly necessary. I like
>Grimm's fairy tales, but if I did get her a copy of them, they'd have
>to be a lot less grim than the version I read as a child. (All I
>remember is something about a stepmother or a witch or someone similar
>putting on hot shoes and dancing till she died. That's *not* what I'm
>looking for!)
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
>beeswing


Better avoid Hans Christian Andersen too; I found his rather sick.


Rosemary --
http://www.rosemarylake.com
fairy tales online