- Key selling points When an immortal fairy tale and its heroes come
together with nonfiction, the result is a unique fairytale encyclopedia.
And who better to guide the child reader through the encyclopedia than
characters everyone knows, such as Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding
Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White? To link them with topics
addressed in the encyclopedia, the fairy tales have been updated and are
told in the language of today. - The competition: What is the
competition, and how does this book better it? This book is a unique mix
of fairy tales and topics. Topics are addressed from a wide-angled view
to contain a wide range of information. Thanks to the book's layout and
use of flaps, chapters are easy to follow and interactive. - News
tie-in/current relevance By its choice of topics and by drawing on
recent findings, the book strives to show where certain issues may lead.
For instance, the volume Discovering the Underground with Snow White
contains a chapter on how we make use of what we find there, addressing
plans for modern underground farms and underground highways. The fairy
tales are not bound to the traditional exposition - at the end of Little
Red Riding Hood, for instance, the wolf becomes a protector of the
forest. The volumes place great emphasis on ecology and the way humans
treat their environment. - Notable elements: Unconventional,
interactive, tried-and-tested layout. Although the book is of classic
dimensions, its pages open into large-format maps. Original, interactive
topics; well-known tales updated with information from today's world
