Through Fairy Halls
of My Bookhouse
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Through Fairy Halls is the third volume in Olive Beaupre Miller’s My Bookhouse series, a collection of stories, poems, and nursery rhymes for young listeners.
Gathering material from children’s literature, the book moves among fairy tales, verse, and other short pieces. Its anthology format offers a variety of voices and forms rather than one continuous story.
The series was arranged to progress in difficulty from volume to volume, making this collection part of a gradual introduction to reading and listening. It suits families looking for a varied selection of traditional children’s literature.
Chapitres
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Critiques
Mixed bag, in many ways
Kerrigan
This book is a pretty haphazard affair. The only theme that seems to carry through to the end is that most of the entries are quite short. Then again, a few are rather long. [P] The best of the book is the collection of international folk and fairy tales. The editor has brought together tales not just from Europe, but from almost every continent (I’m pretty sure Antarctica was skipped.) [P] Less compelling, to my mind, are the rest of the pieces. There are some weighty names, to be sure: Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, etc. From these authors we get little snippets of books and poems- quality stuff, but with wildly variant tones from the fairy tales. Interspersed in the mix are bits of doggerel and common fluff. Just a couple of nonfiction bits are added for further confusion. [P] The book may well be simply a stroll through the editor’s bookcase (“bookhouse”?) which may explain the schizophrenic selection, but what is up with this title?!
Bad readers
A LibriVox Listener
Most too fast, some too choppy, poor speakers
To Carly
librivoxbooks
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Mute. Or burst ear drums.
Carly Corday
Gripe about the relocated Volume Button deleted, now that I know where it is. :o)