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Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Retold by Elli Wollard, illustrated by Marta Altés
(Pan Macmillan)
Elli Woollard delights us with her retelling of Aesop’s Fables, alongside her picture books and poetry. With Grimms’ Fairy Tales, it’s poetic devices she turns to in her interpretations. Therefore, Little Red Cap (aka Little Red Riding Hood) is introduced as ‘a girl who was happy from morning till night,/ And because she was playful and sunny and smile/ All the people there treasured that dear little child’… Thereafter, we wait for her to take up the basket with fresh baked cake and ‘elderflower wine’ and head out to her ‘old grandma‘ who ‘has grown very poorly‘. What’s more, we anticipate her putting on her ‘cherished- small velvet hat’.
Then again, we enjoy less familiar traditional tales, such as The Musicians of Bremen. Therein, the ‘five weak old animals‘ turned out by their owners, regroup on a journey to ‘Bremen, a find little town‘ where they plan to make ‘music’. However the chicken , donkey, dog and cat dispense of the robbers who’ve holed up in a house along their route. What’s more, they discover comfort together. Might the journey provide their destination?
Bookwagon suggests that this splendid version of five Grimms’ Fairy Tales is ideal for bedtime reading, sharing, knowing and gifting. This is a beautiful title, elevated by the expressive illustrations of Bookwagon favourite Marta Altés.
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