The more I think about this book, the more I laugh, and the more questions I have. You know, I had rated this at 3 stars originally.forget that! I'm giving it 4 stars. Then, when they get home, their stepmother has mysteriously vanished out of their father's life. How will they ever escape Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybirds best-selling series. This classic version of Hansel and Gretel is based on the original Ladybird. When Hansel and Gretel get left in the woods, they are captured by a witch who lives in a house made from gingerbread and sweets. But in the context of this version of the story, Hansel and Gretel don't know that.Īnd they just take her treasure, to top it all off. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the. Nowhere does the witch tell Hansel and Gretel that she's going to eat them. And out of nowhere, Gretel just pushes the witch in. Then, she shows Gretel the fire in the oven. If you push people into fires, you get to keep their stuff!īecause the way the book plays out, with its simplified text, is that the witch puts Hansel in a cage. The pictures are very nice, and I can appreciate that the story is meant for small children to be able to read on their own, but.well. (Her previous choices included a book about diabetes, and a book about arthritis cures.) Before we got rained out, the child picked this as her book from the book store.
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