Summer Review

Title: Rapunzel
Author: Bernadette Watts
Rating: 4.5 stars
Where did this book take you? Germany
Review: a tale of a fair but imprisoned maiden kept prisoner by an evil, but maybe envious as well, witch. Originally told by the Brothers Grimm. So the story we all know bears an interesting twist that Disney never mentioned!
Reviewer: K. D.

Summer Review

Title: Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
Author: Marianna Mayer
Rating: 4 stars
Where did this book take you?: Russia
Review: An old Russian fairytale about the most unlikest of heroes, sent on a perilous journey to the house of no return, also known to the villagers as Baba Yaga's Hut.
Reviewer: K.D.

Summer Review

Title: Ella Enchanted
Author: Gail Carson Levine
Rating: 5 stars
Where did this book take you: The Land of Frell
Review: I loved this book! It is ten times better than the movie! the story pulls you into it, I didn't want to put it down. It had everything from princes and princesses to giants and ogres!
Reviewer: S. H.

Summer Review

Title: The Egyptian Cinderella
Author: Shirley Climo
Rating: 3 stars
Where did this book take you: Egypt
Review: A remix of Cinderella, egyptian style! Beautifully illustrated and well retold, we not only learn this story to be a greek tale, but actually ends up being true!