Review: Old Fashioned Fairy Tales...Just the Way I Like Them..
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2013
I have several versions of the Grimm's Fairy Tales.  This is a great collection.  While the language style of the translations is sometimes a bit off, it adds to the mood of the stories.  The only exception I take to the book is the part of the title that says "50 illustrations", while I am assuming the count is correct, as I didn't count them, I would not say that the very small icons enhance any of the stories.  If you are expecting illustrations similar to the book cover you will be very disappointed.Even with the minor issues I still enjoyed this version of the traditional tales.  As some of these tales follow the original purpose of teaching lessons the hard way I would not recommend them for small children.  Examples include Hansel and Gretel's Mother was the one who left them in the forest.  In the same story the witch gets cooked.  In one story a father tries to marry his daughter.  Clever Hans threw calves eyes at his intended. A small boy suckles a giant and in turn becomes a bully.The book has a clickable TOC, but you can't click on "Go" and "Table of Contents" to get there.If you like the traditional versions of the fairy tales and not the new kiddie PC versions, you will enjoy this.I recommend this collection.