| Title | : | Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!: The Story of Sleeping Beauty as Told by the Good and Bad Fairies (The Other Side of the Story) |
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| ISBN | : | 1479555851 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781479555857 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 24 |
| Publication | : | First published July 1, 2013 |
Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!: The Story of Sleeping Beauty as Told by the Good and Bad Fairies (The Other Side of the Story) Reviews
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It was all a misunderstanding, truly, from two well meaning fairies godmothers.
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This was a sweet story told by the bad and good fairy. It was a little sad but a good story.
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This story was absolutely hilarious. The telling of sleeping beauty from the "bad fairy" made it entertaining and definitely a page turner. I would suggest this be read to grades 1-3 rather than preschoolers.
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Another winning, soon-to-be classic, fantastic point-of-view fairy tale retelling by the fabulous Trisha Speed Shaskan.
Beautiful illustrations, lots of humor, it is an absolutely darling book! -
Cute spin on the original version of sleeping beauty as told by Edna and Stella the BF (bad fairy)& her sister the good fairy.
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This story was OK. That is all. I usual enjoy alternative versions of popular fairy tales; but this one not so much.
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eh? I've seen the misunderstood bad fairy done better elsewhere, but still an amusing read.
Recommended? Sure
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Weirdly unsatisfying. If BF really made honest mistakes and then was able to fix her mistakes in the end, it’s sad that there’s no reconciliation. Or I’m overthinking a picture book.
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In this version of Sleeping Beauty, we hear from the bad fairy and how Sleeping Beauty's curse came about from her point of view. The story is quite hilarious. The "Bad Fairy", Edna, seems more of a goof ball or klutz than an evil fairy. Her sister, Stella, is along for the ride to clear up some confusion that Edna has about what actually happened.
I have not read the original version, so I can't really compare and contrast. But this book provides Critical Thinking questions Using the Common Core and I think that is beneficial to young readers. I definitely recommend this for a classroom. Reading the original and this version can help. -
"This was a stupid book", I said to myself when I finished this book. I was not a fan of how 'BF' stands for Best Fairy and I did not like the fairies' backstories at all. It's completely different from the original fairy's backstory and I know that's the point (to analyze the differences of the original story and this one0,but I was not a fan of this book at all. Illustrations were alright. Usually I love fairies, but I didn't even like the illustrations of these fairies, sadly.
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Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!: The Story of Sleeping Beauty as Told by the Good and Bad Fairies (The Other Side of the Story) by Trisha Speed Shaskan – Someone should have taken away this fairy’s powers like you take away grandma’s car keys when she gets too frail to drive! Poor Sleeping Beauty! Love these twisted tales! Happy Reading!
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This story adds perspective to Sleeping Beauty in an interesting and innocent way. Great read for kids.
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I enjoyed this take in reading the story. Also makes you think there are more than one side to the story!
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these are so fun, have you read the others ... loved this one. great illustrations. fun!! will make u laugh and smile. love that!!
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This is such a cute story totally twisted but it's so cute
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Not a big fan of this one.
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A version of Sleeping beauty as told from the point of view of the fairies.
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Both the Good and Bad Fairies come together to relate the complete tale of Sleeping Beauty. The Bad Fairy used to be the best, but some magical mishaps put her out of favour with the King. She attempts to do good, but only ends up "cursing" the princess by accident. The Good Fairy knows her sister all to well, and realizes she has good intentions, so she works hard to fix these mistakes. Two different fonts distinguish the words of one fairy from the other. A colourful palette appropriately fits in with this world of magic. In the end the BF finally gets it right. While changing the character's alignment is an interesting prospect it did not meet its full potential. Many of the other titles in this series, either cleverly handle their subject, or make it funny. This one does not meet the high standards that some of the others set, still it has an interesting point of view, and the questions in the back make it a good book for some intellectual thought.
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This whole series is just a riot. I love the fracture Fairy tale aspect. The twist of this "Sleeping Beauty" is a ton of fun! ... Maleficent (as we know it from Disney fame) is not a bad fairy, just not very smart and just make 'honest' mistakes. I love the different slant these fairy tales are just fun! There is also 'talking point' in the back to use in a classroom setting! Thumbs up!
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The Fairy Tales with a Twist books are all interesting takes from the other side, for example Cinderella as told by the "Wicked" Step-mother. All of the ones I have read have been good (4 - 4.5 range).
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um, there was so malfeasant so I don't really know how I feel about this
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Minnesota author!
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Next time I read this book,
