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I really liked the illustrations, but the retelling was too anemic, leaving out too many of the traditional elements of the original Grimms' version.
After reading decided to read the original. I can believe I missed this as a child! Dancing Slippers
Overall cute little read, I enjoyed the retelling of the shoemaker being the wounded soldier in the tale, yet.... it takes away the moral of the story.Also, extra star for beautiful illustrations.sIn this version of the story the sisters are under an enchanted spell, yet still swept away into a beautiful underworld of dreams!
Beautifully illustrated.
I have never heard of this book til just recently. So i tried it. Its too short to make a rating of it. Got nothing to say, but I wonder what would my younger self would say...
Barrager does a great job retelling the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, while providing beautiful illustrations. For those that do not know the story, in a kingdom far away lived twelve princesses, all named after flowers as pretty as they were. They loved dancing so much that the soles of their shoes were always torn and full of holes. Pip, the kings cobbler, worked specifically for the princesses, always making sure to fix their dancing shoes, but the princesses were always tired from
I looooove Bridgette Barrager's illustrations, and this book is no exception. Her princesses are absolutely lovely, and the pages where the girls are being examined is very funny. However, the story falls a little short, I think. I am not sure why she opted to have her princesses dancing alone as opposed to sneaking off to meet suitors, and it never says how or why they have been enchanted. Also, even if they were dancing all night, they were fast asleep, so wouldn't they be at least semi-rested...
Beautiful, colourful illustrations make this an enchanting retelling of the old fairy tale.
This was such a beautiful retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. I simply had to purchase this book because of the gorgeous illustrations within it. Bridgette Barrager is a wonderful storyteller and an extraordinary artist.
I'm a bit disappointed; I wish this retelling had resulted in more agency for the princesses. The art is beautiful and got a star.
Twelve Dancing Princesses by Brigette Barrager – My love of fairy tales doesn’t seem to be lessening in my advanced age! This one is really bright and lovely! Happy Reading!
The illustrations are phenomenal!
Good version of this tale. I think this one will be a great one to get readers of princess books to read some of the more classic princess tales.
The illustrations in this picture book are lovely. But the changes made to the story not so much. I've noticed in a couple picture book retellings that in the attempt to 'soften' the original tale, it's made less feminist. In this retelling, the twelve dancing princesses are enchanted and sleep-dance. They have no memory of dancing, and they dance by themselves. It takes agency away from the sisters. I like the tales to be changed, but they need to be made more feminist and subversive, not more
The Twleve Dancing Princesses is a fantasy for the intermediate audience. It is for the age range of 8-12 yrs old. The story is about 12 princesses who's shoes keeping getting worn down at night while they are supposed to be sleeping. The king becomes concerned about why the princessess sleep so much during the day and how will they be able to take over for him if they need to. He gets the word out that if someone can find out what's going on they will be rewarded generously. I think little girl...
Last Christmas I discovered the Princess Matching Game at Barnes & Noble and bought it for my 5yo daughter. We love playing the game together, because the pictures are just to die for. The twelve princesses all have flower names, and pretty dresses, and there are also their flower counterparts, the king and queen, the royal dog and cat, and the magic ballroom. As a fan of the fairy tale, I kept looking at the little cards and saying, I wish there were a book with these pictures, it's so precious...
The illustrations are lovely in this story. I wish there were an author's note. This version has nothing frightening or troubling in it...the sisters are under a magical enchantment but it is pretty easily broken and they never seem to be in any danger, just sleepy.
Highly simplified version; didn't even mention anything about the people on watch falling asleep when it easily could have been included as part of the spell (which made the solution rather silly since it turned out that no one thought of trying the most obvious solution: watching them). The stars are for the artwork more than anything, which was lovely. I'd recommend this for very young children.
I thought this book was very beautiful. My favorite part is the illustrations because they look very girly and very cartoon-like. I think this book would make a good read aloud for the younger elementary grades.
