'Fairy Tale Land' by Kate Davies presents a fresh twist on classic tales, offering readers a reimagined journey through familiar stories. With captivating illustrations and creative storytelling, it provides an engaging experience for readers of all ages, making it a valuable addition to any fairy tale enthusiast's collection. An imaginative and enjoyable read that brings new life to timeless tales.

'Fairy Tale Land: 12 classic tales reimagined' by by Kate Davies is everything you want in a fairytale book - beautiful illustrations and written imagery!

This is a collection of popular fairy tales with illustrations that give you the countryside and the things in the story. You can imagine the story again as you look at the scene.
Frances Lincoln Children's Books and Net Galley let me read this book for review (thank you). It has been published and you can get a copy now.

My favorite part of this book was the two page scenes that show you where the story is set. It has lots of detail and text wherever something important is set.

The fairy tales are classic and easy to read. There are twelve. They would make a good bedtime story for twelve nights.

As mentioned in the book, Fairy Tale reimagined, is really a new thing to read. Not entirely, but the Mermaid got a name, and it's not Ariel. Hansel and Gretel had no new mom who throw them away. And Beauty is not married to the Beast.

Wonderful book that taught me more humanities, that all things are possible, that happy endings don't always associated with marriage.

I loved this book!!!

Each retelling was engrossing and perfectly paired with exquisite illustrations. 12 classic stories remade by the author in small but equally creative ways. It is a feast for the eyes, full of stories, maps, and illustrations, a pure triple threat! It is more of a collection of stories rather than an original story retelling, making this a keepsake volume for literary lovers.

I love that certain stories, not specified as fairy tales, made it into volume, such as the nutcracker, Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, etc as well as classic fables, which created a wonderful mix and excitement to see which land was being visitors next. There’s potential for a volume 2 as there are many literary worlds that could be captured and spun anew.

I do so hope that there will be another one on the way, but alas wishful thinking.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children’s Books for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

A collection of fairy tales stripped of most of the familial conflicts and sanitized to insipidness. It's a tragedy that Lucille Clerc's beautiful illustrations are attached to this lame writing.

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I received an electronic ARC from Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books through NetGalley.
Delightful versions of twelve classic stories. Each offers a new view on these tales for elementary and middle grade readers to enjoy. The illustrations are lovely and highly detailed. Between each tale, there is a page spread that offers a look at the land included in the previous story. Readers can read this one straight through or pick and choose which tales they want to enjoy.

I LOVED this book! the graphics were stunning and it didn't make the stories too long before the kiddo got bored. I loved all the classics and it was really well written.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Loved the art work in this book and would love to buy it one day, just beautiful and classic

I love having all of these wonderful stories in one book with beautiful illustrations. I really enjoyed the detailed maps of where each story takes place. A must have for your own personal library.

Well this wasn't quite what I expected from the usual selection of fairy tales for the young. And providing the unexpected is pretty much the point, but again I didn't get what I thought I would once I found that out. A dozen stories, starting with The Little Mermaid, have a huge, lovely, double-page spread to illustrate them, then the story over four pages, then a full-spread image once more, showing a kind of annotated map or diagram of the locations visited. The emphasis here, then, is on wondrous lands, castles and realms of the stories just as much as it is the tales themselves – but that's only really proven to be the case with the second picture, for the telling of the stories, as fine as it might be, is always very much a standard presentation of it. Nothing is exactly "reimagined", as the publishers would have it.

That said, this does look absolutely gorgeous, with the detail at immense level in the dioramas and spot illustrations too. Successfully giving us a fine little snippet of The Jungle Book, or doing the best one can at turning Treasure Island into a four-page masterpiece, the text clearly veers away from Fairy Tale land and into the world of panto and classical children's literature, but I think this looks like being a success. Just don't come here for any revolutionary spin on the stories – luckily the way the visuals bring them and their locales to life easily makes up for that.

This would an interesting independent reading book for middle-grades students. While the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and detailed, this is in chapter book format, not picture book format, so it's probably best suited to older readers. The actual fairy tales are retold in simple, accessible language, geared toward older-elementary tastes (love stories are downplayed, plots are condensed, etc.)

Each tale finishes with a breathtaking map of the places discussed in the story. Students can imagine themselves in the adventures of the story and review the main characters/themes.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!