The Usborne Book of Fairy Tales

by Heather Amery, Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

Retells six classic fairy tales that involve royalty or animals.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Short Stories

96 pages, Hardcover

First published August 27, 2004

About the author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Usborne Bible Tales, and Greek Myths.

Reviews

[Fátima Linhares · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um livro para crianças com as histórias que todos conhecem da infância, numa edição tão bonita e bem ilustrada.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great in all respects. Classic tales. Easy to read. It has very nice drawings, they also help to understand.

[Amie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a dual reader, which means that it can be read by more than one reading level!! The top sentence(s) are for the easy readers and the bottom paragraphs are for the advanced readers. REGARDLESS of your readers ability, they are going to get a FULL story out of their reading and it can encourage children to read together and parents to read with their kids!

[Ashley Jacobson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a dual reader, so young readers can read the simple text on the top of the page (which can be a complete story on its own) and an adult can read the bottom of the page for a more involved story and the chance to read together. These fairy tales are fun and the illustrations are colorful. We love to pull out this book and read together!

[Pennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to digest versions of classic fairytales, with charming illustrations. Plus there is a duckie to look for on each page.

[Set · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite fairytale treasury. The stories are short and sweet and the illustrations are darling as are all of the USborne books.

[Joy Gerbode · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the simple way the book presented the stories I've learned to love. The artwork was colorful, and probably enjoyable for children, but it looked a little too "comic book" for my taste. But all in all, a delightful read that I'll enjoy sharing with grandchildren.

Read a second time in Aug 2016, I enjoyed the stories, although they are written very simply. Finding the little yellow duck on each page, however, was an added bonus in this book that I had not paid attention to previously. How fun for really young readers.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like all of the fairy tales, but my favorite was Cinderella. I like finding the duck in the pictures.

[Nicholas Rodriguez · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is like so hot/ girly, totally my type

[Carla Ehrenreich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great pics, well thought through adaptations. great quality as always with usborne

[Katterley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun versions of these classics.

[Zeina Shehab · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first story book to buy for my boys... We liked it, and we'll definitely reread it again and again.

[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book of fairy tales.

[Viviana]

its a fary tale book.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the dual-level text. Made for some cozy reading times with my daughter.