Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, and the Brothers Grimm

by Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Eric Carle

Book Overview

A family classic from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Draw Me a Star, this rich and varied collection of tales features retold works by Aesop, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 053108342X
• ISBN13: 9780531083420
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.

Customer Reviews

very good books for elementary kids

We have so many Eric Carle books.This is one of our collection.its so colorful n promote good attitude n positive thinking towards young kids.this book too contains lots of stories so its awesome for a long airplane ride.

Charming!

This book is simply a pleasure to read. Carle illustrates in a style all his own. If you like his work you will not want to be without this charming collection of 22 classic tales told in a fun, conversational stlye. Five stars.

Enjoyed this

If you love stories, you'll really enjoy this. My students did. Also nice to add to your collection are: Aesop for Children (Winter), Grimm's complete fairy tales (Grimm), Great Children's stories (Richardson), The Butterfly (Singh). There are many other great children's books out there, but these were the ones I enjoyed the most. Oh, and I almost forgot the two classics that no children should ever be deprived of: The Little Prince (Exupery) and Charlotte's Web (White).

Art gives new slant to old tales

Although I prefer realistic illustrations the artisty of Eric Carle is fun to look at and the bold, splashy colors of his tissue-paper collages get the attention of children. The book contained a good mix of fairy tales from Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm, as well as some of Aesop's Fables. The book had some tales that I had never heard such as The Marsh King's Daughter and The Traveling Companion, and the rendition of The Wild Swans is one of the best I have read. My favorite illustration was of the horse in Tom Thumb.