This post is written for the April blogging #A-Z 2018. I
have chosen the theme Books and Authors for this year.
F - Fairy
Tales
I picked up F for fairy
tales as I had a special fascination for tales – I loved my grandmother telling
me some interesting tales and stories which would make me listen with awe and
amazement. I would enter the imaginary world and giving a sense of curiosity
and suspense and at the end happiness. The best part of a fairy tale is that they are short sweet and
easy to understand and it always has a happy ending J
How can we forget the
Cinderella story; poor girl who is ill-treated by the step mother and step
sisters , saved by the fairy God mother who helps her to fulfill her
desire to go for a dance … the rest is a sweet ending of the prince who finds
her and live happily ever after. The whole story is so fascinating that
children love it, and I still love it too J another
favorite story is of snow white and seven dwarfs, which is a tale of a jealous
and wicked queen who tries to kill her innocent stepdaughter….
The one story that I
had read so many times to my daughter was “The
Midas Touch” which is about king Midas who loved gold more than anything
else. This book was fun to read as my
daughter got fascinated by the whole concept of everything turning gold, just
by a touch…. and how the writer gives a twist by bringing the daughter in the
story… even now it amuses me while I write this post of all these stories that
brought happiness and joy.
I remember buying books
for my daughter when she was in the primary school – she would insist me to
tell the story first and then read the book. I picked up popular story books
like Red Riding hood, Rapunzel, Hansel &Gretel Beauty and the Beast,
Sleeping beauty, The little Mermaid, Aladdin and the wonderful lamp, Pinocchio,
The Lion King and so on….
As Dorothy moved on to
the high school – I started giving away all the fairy tale books to my nephew’s
kids for reading. After many years now I picked up this small
little book for some light reading and enjoyed reading to my daughter who is
now 16 and we had a hearty laugh as we went through the story, reading aloud
with expressions and feelings to accompany J This is small
little book with 17 short stories in simple language, funny as well as interesting
characters with illustrations and lively reliving memorable moments of my life J
and encouraging Dorothy to relive her childhood too.
Do you read fairy tales?
What are your thoughts would be happy to
hear from you.
Thank you for reading
my post,
Be Blessed & Be
Happy !!
Ah! Fairy Tales. We all have grown reading these magical tales princesses, kings and queens, dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, goblins, mermaids, talking animals and witches from distant lands. I have re-read these with Aaryan and still have quite a few of his fairy tales with me. Like you, I keep giving to kids who come home and show interest in books.
ReplyDeleteVery true shilpa:) the magic and fun it creates is pure joy- so happy to know that you have been reading to Aaryan, great way to introduce kids to reading habits... and giving away we encourage other kids also to get into the habit of reading..
DeleteReading those fairy -tales with beautiful illustrations and a happy endings was too much fun... I totally remember that story of Midas touch... there were two more books that I read constituting fairy tales one of which was translated version of Russian folk tales. Even if I get a copy of that, I would right away start reading them, I liked them so much. I am always on hunt for some good story books for gifting children, to become their favorite aunt. This book may help me in my venture
ReplyDeleteGlad to know Shesha that you remember Midas Touch:) so sweet and generous of you to keep looking for gifting children.. you will definitely be remembered as their favourite aunt for giving them the joy of reading fairy tales..
DeleteFairy Tales! Oh yes! Takes me right back! So important we read them to our children and if they have illustrations so much the better! Wonderful way for the imagination muscles to get some great exercise. Thanks Genevive!
ReplyDeleteAgree Susan thats its a wonderful way for the imagination muscles... with too much games, on the mobile and computer- these days not many children are reading books... we must encourage and pass of the experiences of reading fairy tales..
DeleteOh yeah I love fairy tales and over the recent years there has been so much debate over the female characters in them. I hate these debates and just love them for their dreamy quality where everything is perfect!!
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Thank you shalini for being here:) fairy tales any day are fun to read, and children love them.. and we grow out of it as we age..even now I find fairy tales are enjoyable to read.
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