From New York Times best-selling author and Children's Poet Laureate
Mary Ann Hoberman comes a new collection of fresh read-aloud takes on
eight favorite fairy tales, including The Three Bears, Cinderella, and
Little Red Riding Hood.
Designed with emerging readers in mind, each of the tales is told in
short rhyming dialogues--with each character's lines indicated by a
different color-to be used as a script for two voices to read separately
and together. Using traditional reading teaching techniques like
alliteration, rhyme, repetition, and short sentences), the text invites
young children to read along, while Michael Emberley's lively
illustrations enhance the stories' humor and high spirits.
Goldilocks, the Little Red Hen, the Three Little Pigs, and many more
beloved characters star in these tales-with-a-twist that are perfect for
early and reluctant readers, readers' theater, and bedtime fun.
A 2005 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts by the Children's
Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teacher of English. Also
chosen as a 2004 Gryphon Award Honor Book by the Center for Children's
Books.