Fairy Tale Comics

Editor: Chris Duffy
Publication Date: 2013
Type of Book: Graphic Novel

This book was a compilation of classic fairy tales. Each fairy tale was told using cartoons. Even though many of the fairy tales are well known they still had their own twist to them. There is a total of 17 fairy tale comics in this book.

I did not like this book at all. I am a huge fairy tale fan so I thought I would enjoy it but I was wrong. Many of the fairy tales were just plain odd. I was familiar with some of the stories and others I had never heard before. Some of the fairytales were written in a very dark and not kid friendly manner which I didn't like. I also did not enjoy reading the fairy tales in the graphic novel form. I felt that the stories didn't flow as nicely as they do when written in a traditional format. I will say that the cartoonists did do an amazing job with the illustrations. I wouldn't read this book again and it isn't one I would buy for my classroom library.

I personally wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. I think that there are better examples of graphic novels out there that students can read. This book wouldn't be the best to use during a fairytale unit since many of the fairytales are altered in ways that wouldn't be appropriate for young children.

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http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tale-Comics-Extraordinary-Cartoonists/dp/1596438231/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447366743&sr=1-1&keywords=fairy+tale+comics