Illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tales (Usborne Illustrated Story Collections) Hardcover – 24 Sept. 2010

This is my 3.5 year old’s new favourite book – I think in the last 2 months she has only requested a different book 3 times at bedtime – it’s that good.The fairytales are the old stories, buta) Told in slightly simplified languageb) Slightly updated for modern language patternsThe stories’ wording is just right for young ones and I hardly have to tweak any of it when reading aloud (unlike other books such as Beatrix Potter when I have to paraphrase nearly all of it) for a little listener. The stories are just the right length for one or two a night. Of course the girls always need rescuing by a prince which is tedious, but that’s not the fault of this edition :)The illustrations are lovely, the reason I chose this above other fairy tale compendiums. They are not childish or simple, they are rich in colour and lovely to look at. The text/font is also very legible so it will be good too for when she starts to read herself.

Good value illustrations are great

Very pleasant at bedtime for my almost 7 year old son-quality stories and a very nice book

Great book for traditional style stories.Some but not that many illustrations, which for us is the best balance as showing the pictures doesn't interrupt the story too much. Each story is between 15-40 pages long which equates to about 10-20 minutes reading time, which is about perfect for our son. Most of the stories will be familiar to everyone - Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Rapunzel, but there were certainly a few that were new to both myself and my wife.The book itself is a good size to balance on the knee while a child is on the other one, smaller than A4 but bigger than A5 and has a useful ribbon for marking a page. As with all Usborne books its feels solidly made and the illustrations are lovely.It does lose a star for as I assume that the stories had just been copied from the original source with little to no editing. Whilst our lad positively relishes some of the gorier bits in some of the tales (Red Riding Hood has issues...) I can understand if the parents of more sensitive souls wanted to gloss over certain bits.You'll also find yourself editing on the fly as you read aloud as some of the sentence structure is odd to modern ears.Overall, an excellent addition to our bedtime armoury.

Bought for my daughter for Christmas, very beautiful, good quality, pictures are amazing, very happy with the purchase

Excellent condition apart from a written dedication in the front. 7 year olds don’t care

Perfect book with short fairy-tale classic stories.perfect before bed time as they are not too long and keeps the little ones paying attention for the entire story.

The stories are great. The layout of the book is short and bulky. If like me you are reading to a child in bed and having a snuggle, its not easy to manoeuvre with 1 hand!