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24 pp.
| QEB
| November, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-1-78493-042-4$15.95
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PS
Illustrated by
Bruno Merz.
"If I were made of scales and fins, / with tangled seaweed hair, / I'd have to leave my fishy friends / to swim back up for air." In a series of rhymes, a boy hypothesizes life as something other than human. The bouncy rhymes and friendly art won't win prizes for originality, but the happy-to-be-me message is proclaimed effectively.
24 pp.
| QEB
| September, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-59566-792-2$25.65
(4)
K-3
QEB Storytime Classics series.
Illustrated by
Bruno Merz.
These unexciting but inoffensive adaptations simplify the classic fairy tales for young readers, though some challenging vocabulary remains (e.g., Cinderella's "stepmother and stepsisters gaped at her in amazement"; Hansel and Gretel are "starving but delighted" when they eat the gingerbread house). Each tale is illustrated in a style befitting that story, though the default seems to be Disney Princess. Review covers these QEB Storytime Classics titles: Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hansel and Gretel, and Sleeping Beauty.