Comments on: Two Books by Eric Carle http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/two-books-by-eric-carle/ Thoughts about reading fiction, nonfiction, and children's books, new and old Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rebecca Reid http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/two-books-by-eric-carle/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Rebecca Reid Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:31:52 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=44#comment-123 <p>@Nymeth:</p> I think Eric Carle's retelling might have been acceptable by itself--but it just didn't work in this collection. @Nymeth:

I think Eric Carle’s retelling might have been acceptable by itself–but it just didn’t work in this collection.

]]> By: Nymeth http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/two-books-by-eric-carle/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Nymeth Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:37:01 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=44#comment-120 It's too bad this one was a disappointment. I do think that fairy tales can be retold in modern settings, and some authors do it really well. But it's something that can very easily go wrong too, and it sounds like that was the case with this book. It’s too bad this one was a disappointment. I do think that fairy tales can be retold in modern settings, and some authors do it really well. But it’s something that can very easily go wrong too, and it sounds like that was the case with this book.

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