| Fairy Tales | 
 enlarge | Authors: E. E. Cummings, Meilo So
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 111493
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0871406586
EAN: 9780871406583
ASIN: 0871406586
Publication Date: October 23, 2004
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 Great stories November 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The wording is difficult to read aloud to a young child, but the stories are fun and my two year old enjoys them. She really likes the artwork in the book.
 Gentle, loving, and sensitive. September 13, 2007
Cummings may be known for his unique style of poetry, but he should also be remembered for the most sensitive, loving fairy tales of the 20th Century. Read them to your children, no matter how old they are. I have been reading them for over 35 years.-- Sam Yulish, author of "Where Have All the Hippies Gone?" and "The Hesitant Psychic and other Strange Stories."
 Charming. August 19, 2002
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
The dedication of this volume tells us that Cummings wrote these tales for his daughter when she was a very little girl. But even if it hadn't, any reader would have known. As you read, it's as if you can hear a parent telling the stories to his child over a sleepy bedtime. The stories have an effortless feeling as if they are being spoken rather than written. This free and easy quality combined with the spectacularly imaginative subjects make for a really fun reading experience.Unless you have a really patient child, however, I wouldn't recommend this edition for sit-on-the-lap reading. The illustrations aren't particularly engaging. Rather, I would let your kids sit down with some blank paper and a box of crayons and ask them to draw their own pictures while you read out loud to them. Or read to them at bedtime when their eyes are closed. These are the kinds of stories to be savored by the senses rather than "follow-along-while-I-read."
i will memorize every word. first forward than backwards July 25, 2001
6 out of 23 found this review helpful
i will begin with "the elephant and the butterfly," and then will work on "The Old Man Who Said 'Why?'"one day before i die...
Surprisingly Edward Estlin, or not? February 16, 2001
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
These fairy tales are beautifully nonsensical and touching to even those who are less than sentimental. They are precious, without any reservation using such a word. Each was evidently written with a careful, loving authorship and a sense of humor that without a doubt is the creative quirkiness of the poet Edward Estlin Cummings. If you know the poet, the tender, innocent personalness of these tales might even surprise you, or, at least, bring you closer to him and his writings.
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