Sleeping Beauty [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics]

This book also contains several classics that I was familiar with. However, I never read “The Brave Little Princess”. It was about a princess who one day met a crow that asked her to come and keep him company and to help him break a curse that was inflicted upon him and his house. The crow told her that at night she had to be brave and not yell or scream when she heard or seen things for this would only delay his curse. The brave princess did and after seven years the curse was broken and he became a Prince and his household was returned to the way it was before.

I enjoyed it and have to admit that it scared me a bit when weird things would happen at night. The thing that was surprising to me was when it mentioned evil spirits. Even show more though that is only mentioned, once and briefly, it kind of threw me off and I wondered if I would read that to a class. I thought that maybe it would bring up too many questions or even scare the kids, but that is just my opinion.

In the classroom, I do not think that I would use this story. However, if I did use this story, I would be creative and want to use the students imagination. I would ask the students to draw a picture of what the house looked like during the curse or even to draw me a picture of what they thought the crow looked like. I think it would be a good opportunity for the students to be creative with drawing and help them appreciate the story more and remember it more. show less