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by Michael Foreman

Children's illustrator Michael Foreman has selected a rich collection of 22 familiar and lesser-known tales by storytellers and writers from around the world. Each tale has a short introductory piece which outlines its origins.

Genres: Fairy Tales

143 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Michael has worked on magazines, book jackets, animated films, TV adverts, and even for the police, sketching criminals described by witnesses. As well as illustrating many of his own books, Michael has illustrated over a hundred books for authors such as Shakespeare, J. M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. Michael has travelled widely - to Africa, Japan, the Arctic Circle, China and Malaysia, the Himalayas, Siberia and New Zealand - to research his books. "I do a lot of research when I'm travelling - I find it thrilling to discover the particular 'art' of different landscapes and work them into a book. But I find I have to travel by myself, otherwise I'm constantly getting involved in other people's impressions of a place... I try to be invisible when I'm travelling, so I tend to listen in on conversations rather than participate in them - I just want to look and draw."

Reviews

[Mr Bramley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of both classical tales that are well known such as Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty, as well as many that I had personally never heard of.

The creatures and characters are all familiar figures that children can easily understand and recognise as parts of classic fairytales, and will be a wonderful was to introduce fantasy writing and creative thinking to children.

Some language used is a little outdated but on the whole, these stories are ones that have been adapted throughout the years and a little linguistic change when telling to children will definitely not hurt.