365 Bedtime Stories
by Christine Allison
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Author: Christine AllisonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-04-13
ISBN: 0767900960
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Broadway
Book Reviews of 365 Bedtime Stories
Book Review: WARNING: Book contains scary stories!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have never written a review, but I decided to write one this time because I feel very strongly about this book. My children received this book as a gift from their grandparents and we thought it would be a wonderful addition to our bedtime story collection. We have had the book for only 3 weeks and I have had to skip stories because of the violent content. For example, the entries for March 27-28 contain a Scottish fairy tale, Molly Whuppie. Molly Whuppie begins with parents who did not want their children and "decided to get rid of them. They didn't kill them or anything, they just left them in the forest..." The story then goes on to describe how a giant puts nooses around their (the abandoned children, including Molly Whuppie) necks and gold chains around the necks of his three daughters. Once all are asleep, Molly Whuppie puts the nooses around the necks of the giant's daughters and the gold chains around her own neck and the necks of her sisters. The giant feels for the nooses and mistakenly batters his daughters "until they were dead". Yikes! In my opinion, this is not a soothing bedtime story. I also agree with another reviewer about the "variations" being boring. Some variations are not really stories, but just describe how the stories are different than the more commonly heard story.
Summary of 365 Bedtime Stories
Arranged as a lively journey through the year, 365 Bedtime Stories includes stories for every mood, occasion, and day of the year. There are stories celebrating the New Year, beginnings and second chances, myths about the arrival of spring, foolhardy stories for April, tales of independence for July, spooky tales for October nights, soothing tales for difficult days, tales of gratitude and thanksgiving, and miracles for the year end. Although each story is designed to be read aloud, the charming drawings and sidebars on storytelling that accompany them are likely to inspire both readers and listeners to add their own imaginative embellishments along the way.Designed for children from ages 2 to 10 years old, these entertaining stories are short enough (one-half to one-and-a-half pages long) to make it easy for readers to agree to the "just one more story" their listeners are sure to request.
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