The Sleeping Beauty

In my opinion, this book is very old fashioned but still a unique classic. I already knew the story of Sleeping Beauty, but reading it again allowed me to gain new information that I didn’t know before; and I could see how it’s changed over the years comparing this story to the current version of Sleeping Beauty. I liked the style of the book a lot, it almost felt like it was written in the Victorian era. The author also tried to keep it positive by not saying the evil witch or other negative notations. I also like the illustrations, they were very detailed and old fashioned with what the characters wore. The illustrations were also strong enough that you could read the story by just looking at the if there weren’t any words. They show more were clear and followed the storyline. I enjoyed reading this book and seeing the original version of this classic. The main idea was basically that true love can break any curse or overcome any negativity or evil in the world show less

The Perrault version has two parts. The first part is basically the Sleeping Beauty story that we all know with minor variations (7 fairies instead of 12, the good fairy has to put the palace too sleep not the original spell, the King and Queen don't sleep).

In the second part, Sleeping Beauty, having married the Prince and had two children with him must now deal with his mother, who is Ogress, and a nasty one at that.

As this book is a classic text from my childhood, I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting it in the classroom. It is a great example of traditional literature as it portrays all of the characteristics. It is written in a way that clearly displays the time period in which it was written. The use of language is very traditional and old fashioned, as expected. Despite the dark reality of what the princess is experiencing, the author continues to write the story with a positive use of language. The illustrations are very vibrant and detailed which would make any reader want to continue getting through the book. Its a great book for young readers to experience as they will more than likely want to continue until they find out how it ends. And just show more like any traditional literature story, it has a happy ending. show less

The story begins with a king and queen who desperately wants a child. When the queen gives birth to their daughter, seven fairies bestow a gift upon the princess. However, when an evil fairy places a deadly curse on the princess, one of the fairies counters the curse so that when the princess pricks her finger on a spinning wheel, she falls into a deep sleep until a prince gives her a kiss. I found the book interesting and I love the illustrations. But the story was fast-paced that I had to re-read the story to understand that one hundred years had passed before the prince appeared. I would definitely introduce this story to children during a lesson about fairy tales,

The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault is a fairy tale about a princess who is cursed from her birth. She falls asleep for 100 years until a prince’s son comes to wake her up. This was a very good book and I loved the way it was written. The illustrations were great. Some of the illustrations were very detailed while others looked relatively simple. In addition, some of the pictures were in black and white and some were in color. This book was a great read. One of my favorite parts of the story is that it includes sheet music for songs that could be played during the book. I thought that was really neat. I’m not sure of the main message, but if I had to guess I would say the message is to accept life however it is because no matter show more what it will be okay. Overall, I liked this story. show less

The story begins with a little girl name Little Red Riding Hood. And it is all about her take a basket of goodies to her sick grandmother. On her way she meet a wolf. The wolf gets to grandmother house first in order to eat Little Red Riding Hood. So more characters are being interduce into the story and it goes on to explain what happens when the wolf gets to grandma house first.

I think the children enjoyed this book only because it had a big bad wolf in it. The kids were so surprise about what the wolf did to grandma when he made it to her house. In this books he eats her but I think in other book he hides her in the closet. So the kids where asking if the grandmother was died. I told them they have to let me read the rest of the show more story to find out the ending. So by time I was done they where at the end of there seat wanting more. Over all good book.

To add to the book reading you could talk about the importance of not talking to strangers. Because if Little Red Riding Hood didn’t tell the wolf where she was going in the woods. He wouldn’t have beat her to grandma house. Then you could have the older kids put on a play for the younger children. Most older kids love to be the center of attention and the younger kids just love a show. show less

This book is about a princess who a mean fairy cast a spell on. The spell made her sleep for a hundred years after she pricked her finger on a spinning wheel. The princess could only be awoken by the kiss from a prince.

I really liked this version of the book. I hadn't ever read this one before. In this version a fairy places a spell over the entire castle to put everyone to sleep for a hundred years so that when the princess awoke she would still have everyone there. I really liked that part of the book.

In the classroom I could use this to talk about kings and queens and the differences in their government.