Old Peter's Russian Tales (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) |
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Arthur Ransome
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Pages: 236 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1406542385
Pub: Unknown
Pub date: 2007-07-30
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 309316
Reader Reviews:
Captivating, enchanting, bewitching (0/0 people found this helpful)
This was my absolute favourite book as a child. I was transported away to a land of magical fairytale with some quite gruesome and quite frightening occurences. I was utterly gripped - so much so the stories have stuck in my memory since.
Tonight I dug out my well-worn copy (swearing to buy a new edition as most of the pages are falling out) and read Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby and the Little Sister of the Sun to my four-year-old son. He was enchanted, entranced and captivated. He's completely bewitched by the tale.
Amazing to think this was first published in 1916 and yet still has the power to capture a child's imagination.
The stories are quite frightening in parts and I'd recomend exercising cautious judgement on how robust a child is before reading it.
Having said that, Conrad (4), loved it - oh and it still ticked all my boxes too at the grand old age of 34!
Old Peter's Russian Tales (9/9 people found this helpful)
I had this book as a child and loved it and my children are now enjoying it. The tales have all sorts of unusual twists and don't always have a happy ending: eg. the story of the old couple who "adopt" the Little Daughter of the Snow but then lose her again because they do not love her enough. Young children might find some of them frightening (eg. Baba Yaga the witch with her iron teeth) but the over-6s should enjoy them a lot, and appreciate the humour in them. This is a particularly good book for reading aloud - the prose style is beautiful.
Old Peter's Russian Tales (12/12 people found this helpful)
A charming book of traditonal stories for children between the ages of 8 and 11. Unusual setting, supposedly tales told by an old man to his grandchildren.As a class teacher I have used them for nearly forty years and they never fail to interest the listeners. Most, taking about 15 minutes to read aloud, have the "threes" structure (three sons/ three tasks/ three gifts etc.)The most favourite tale has been "The Stolen Turnips" (threes structure/humour/cross old woman getting her deserts/contented ending). A new edition is expected in September.
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