A gift for our young adult daughter in 2013, Princess Tales: Once Upon a Time in Rhyme with Seek and Find Pictures is a poetic jaunt through ten well-known (or not so well-known) princess stories. "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White" are here, as well as "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", "Thumbelina", and "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" (a new-to-me story).
The poetry by Grace Maccarone summarizes the stories, making for sweet, short read-alouds that, when accompanied by looking for the handful of items as directed, are nice bedtime read-alouds. As with all good seek-and-find books, there are extra details to look out for: references to popular nursery rhymes and a few more images listed just before the table of contents. The pictures are jam-packed a la Where's Waldo?, so be prepared to look awhile! Kudos to Maccarone and the illustrator, Gail de Marcken, for featuring diverse characters and settings.
It's Monday, and I'm reading fairy tales! When was the last time you indulged in favorite cultural stories from childhood?
The poetry by Grace Maccarone summarizes the stories, making for sweet, short read-alouds that, when accompanied by looking for the handful of items as directed, are nice bedtime read-alouds. As with all good seek-and-find books, there are extra details to look out for: references to popular nursery rhymes and a few more images listed just before the table of contents. The pictures are jam-packed a la Where's Waldo?, so be prepared to look awhile! Kudos to Maccarone and the illustrator, Gail de Marcken, for featuring diverse characters and settings.
It's Monday, and I'm reading fairy tales! When was the last time you indulged in favorite cultural stories from childhood?
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