Dorothea Goldenberg

Pinocchio
By Little Rainbow Books (1994)

I liked Pinocchio published by Little Rainbow Books for three reasons. First, I liked the significance of the little, blue fairy. The fairy gave life to the wooden puppet, punished him for lying, helped him on Runaway Island, and turned him into a real boy. Specifically, at the wave of her magic wand, the fairy can do anything. Although unrealistic, the fairy is exciting, and she keeps readers anticipating. The second thing I liked was the use of personification. For example, life-like traits were given to a little puppet (Pinocchio); he giggled and wiggled. In addition, ‘Sly Fox’ was able to shake his head and laugh, and the fish snored. Finally, I liked Geppetto’s immediate shift from a poor, old craftsman to a father. Geppetto sold his only coat to buy Pinocchio (his son) a schoolbook, and he searched tirelessly for Pinocchio. Ultimately, Geppetto would do anything for Pinocchio like most parents would for their children. Overall, the “big idea” of Pinocchio is to signify the act of caring for others. Although—at first—Pinocchio was selfish and wanted to be a ‘real boy’ and have fun, he realized the importance of helping others like his father. In my opinion, ‘caring’ is a quality that all children must strive to obtain.… (mais)

Summary of Book: Explore the land of Fairy Tales in the jam packed book including 18 familiar fairy tales. These tales include: Beauty ant the Beast, Rapunzel, Aladdin, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, Snow White, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Thumbelina, The Frog Prince, Pinocchio, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Peter Pan, Robin Hood, and The Velveteen Rabbit. Each tale is very unique and is sure to play with any child's imagination.

Personal Reaction: This is another one of my childhood favorites. First of all the book is appealing to the eyes. It is a thick square book that has gold edged pages that are glisten. I love how this book has an abundance of short fairy tales that captivate the audience. The artwork accompanying each story does a nice job depicting what is going on in the story. There is something on this book for everyone.

Extension Ideas: This book would be a great introduction to a unit on fairy tales. Students could pick their favorite tale and write a review on it. Make sure they include the plot and theme in the review. Also, this book could be used to teach children that lying is not acceptable. Pinocchio demonstrates that lying gets you in trouble, and that loving and caring for others is an important factor in life.… (mais)

This book is a Princess name Jade, who goes into the forest with her kitten she has agolden ball that she is tossing. She tosses the ball too hard and it goes into the water. She cannot go into the water to get it because of her clothes and the water is too deep. She begins to cry along comes a frog and asks "Why are you crying." She tells him that he cannot help because he is an ugly frog. He tells her that he will get the ball if he can come to live at the palace to live with her. He does retrieve the ball for her. She leves the forest and forgets about the frog, but her shows up at her door the next day. her dad tells her she must make good on her promise and allow the forg to come and live with herand she does. The frog leaves to go to the forest daily but returns evry evening around dinner.On the third night her sangs her a song that tells her he will have a surprise for her. that next morning she awakes to see a prince at her bed . He tells her his name is Roland.he tells her about being changed into a frog by a wicked fairy and thre reason he had to eat from her plate and sleep in her bed. He then asks her to marry him and they tell her parents of his enchantment. They give their blessings and they were married.
I enjoyed this book and I thought of the old saying "treat everybody right."
Can use to read during fairy tales week, read while talking about frogs, read when talking about being nice to people or animals.… (mais)