Rose Red and Snow White

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Red Rose and Snow White are as different as two sisters can be. Even so, they get along and, together with their mother, make a cozy life in their cottage in the woods. Then one night, Rose Red answers a knock at the door and finds a huge shaggy bear who gruffly asks for a warm place to sleep! Although alarmed at first, mother and daughters alike are soon charmed by the bear and happily shelter him from winter nights. When spring arrives, the girls sadly watch their friend lumber off. Soon after he disappears, ...

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Red Rose and Snow White are as different as two sisters can be. Even so, they get along and, together with their mother, make a cozy life in their cottage in the woods. Then one night, Rose Red answers a knock at the door and finds a huge shaggy bear who gruffly asks for a warm place to sleep! Although alarmed at first, mother and daughters alike are soon charmed by the bear and happily shelter him from winter nights. When spring arrives, the girls sadly watch their friend lumber off. Soon after he disappears, they make a new acquaintance. Was this the little man the bear warned them of before he left?

A bear, befriended by two sisters during the winter, returns one day to reward them royally for their kindness.

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Publishers Weekly - Cahners\\Publishers_Weekly
It always seems like sunset in this straightforward, amiable retelling of the Grimm fairy tale about two opposite but equally adorable sisters. Sanderson (Papa Gatto) uses rusty tones and a heavy hand with highlights, creating heroines whose warm coloring blends perfectly with the woods they roam in and with the firelit domesticity of their mother's neat cottage. This telling offers no departures from the original: the girls and their mother shelter a talking bear during the winter; the girls repeatedly rescue a snarling, ill-tempered dwarf; the bear slays the dwarf and is revealed as a prince. In Sanderson's pretty, traditional paintings he emerges in blond and golden glory, and later marries gentle homebody Snow White while his brother marries the more carefree, vivacious Rose Red. It's a pleasingly old-fashioned storybook edition of the classic tale; see Bernadette Watts's Snow White and Rose Red (see p. 77) for more childlike visuals and a crisp translation of the original.
Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
It always seems like sunset in this straightforward, amiable retelling of the Grimm fairy tale about two opposite but equally adorable sisters. Sanderson (Papa Gatto) uses rusty tones and a heavy hand with highlights, creating heroines whose warm coloring blends perfectly with the woods they roam in and with the firelit domesticity of their mother's neat cottage. This telling offers no departures from the original: the girls and their mother shelter a talking bear during the winter; the girls repeatedly rescue a snarling, ill-tempered dwarf; the bear slays the dwarf and is revealed as a prince. In Sanderson's pretty, traditional paintings he emerges in blond and golden glory, and later marries gentle homebody Snow White while his brother marries the more carefree, vivacious Rose Red. It's a pleasingly old-fashioned storybook edition of the classic tale; see Bernadette Watts's Snow White and Rose Red (see p. 77) for more childlike visuals and a crisp translation of the original. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
Children's Literature - Susan Hoyle Fournier
This is a wonderful retelling of the classic Grimms fairy tale of the same name. Rose Red and Snow White are as different as can be, yet get along wonderfully in their little cottage in the forest. After befriending an old bear and inviting him into their home for the winter, he warms their evenings with his friendship and love. Too soon spring arrives and the bear must leave to return to the forest. Warning them of the danger of a strange little dwarf, the bear bids the girls farewell. When the girls happen to meet the nasty dwarf they treat him with kindness despite his wicked ways. What is the connection between the friendly bear and the unhappy dwarf? Refresh your memory of this timeless story of goodness prevailing over evil. The detailed illustrations are an excellent enhancement to the story.
School Library Journal
K-Gr 4This thematic distant cousin to "Beauty and the Beast" tells of two young beauties befriending a bear who is actually a prince under an evil spell. After they rescue an ungrateful dwarf three times, the girls witness the bear's assault on the dwarf and the prince's release from the spell. Cause and effect is a bit shaky in this tale, but the picture book is true to the Grimms. Unlike Snow White & Rose Red illustrated by Gennady Spirin (Philomel, 1992), this simplified retelling eliminates the Grimms' religious undertones. The smooth text, marred a bit by some careless grammar, is the basis for the illustrator's large oil paintings enhanced by pictorial grace notes on the text pages. Sanderson's strength lies in architecture and landscapes. The human beings, carefully and skillfully drawn from life, often seem stiff and out of place in their environments. The most successful beings here are the two sisters, sturdy little girls with a sweet energy, and the dwarf who is satisfyingly nasty. The language is too sophisticated for beginning readers, but the pictures give a solidity to this slight tale that makes it enjoyable for young listeners.Sally Margolis, formerly at Deerfield Public Library, IL
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781566569101
  • Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 12/1/2012
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 691,290
  • Age range: 4 - 8 Years
  • Product dimensions: 11.00 (w) x 8.70 (h) x 0.50 (d)

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