Snowwhite
Favole Beccogiallo: Musical and Talking Fairytale
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A classic fairytale to be read and listened in English. For all those parents that want their children to acquire English as a second language. The voice of Yellowbeak tells the story of Snowwhite, a young princess whose skin was white as snow. One day her stepmother, envious of her beauty, tells the gamekeeper to bring her into the woods and kill her but fortunately he lets her go. In the forest Snowwhite discovers a tiny cottage that belongs to seven little dwarfes... A talking fairytale in Easy English for children aged 3 to 9 years.
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Exquisite endpapers set the tone for this elegant version of one of the most-loved fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm: a leafless ebony tree stands in stark relief against a sweeping expanse of snow, the whiteness of which is marred by a single drop of blood. Echoing the central image of this classic tale of contrasts (good and evil, innocence and cruelty, youth and age, beauty and ugliness of spirit), Barrett's images unfold in a twilight world of ethereal beauty anchored by telling detail, from the moonlight reflected in the creek by the dwarves' cottage to the evil-looking poison comb the disguised queen offers Snow White. Poole's version of the lovely young princess and her vindictive stepmother remains faithful to the original, and enchants with its unassuming prose. The artwork's overall tone is sophisticated and somewhat remote, placing the book beyond the reach of younger readers, but this is nonetheless a fairy tale in the grand tradition, and an exemplary marriage of illustration and narrative. All ages.
