Title: Princess Tales
Author: Classic Treasury
Type: Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 384
Rating: 4/5
This book is basically exactly what it sounds like. Basically, it’s a collection of fairy tales about princesses, presented in sections alongside gorgeous illustrations in a cracking collection that’s perfect for bedtime stories.
And I can safely say that because that’s how I read it. My girlfriend likes me to read stories to her at bedtime because it helps her to heal her inner child, and I like reading stories to her because I like reading and I love her. So it all comes together nicely.
Now, we’ve been known to ask our Google Home Mini for bedtime stories in the past, and a lot of the stories from that were also included here. Then again, if you’re limiting yourself to fairy tales about princesses, there’s only so much for you to draw from. You do Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and then you realise that you’re already starting to run out of material.
One thing that I liked from this collection is that they credit the original authors as well as the authors who retold the stories for this collection. That’s the great thing about fairy tales and folklore. There isn’t really a definitive version because there’s always the chance for the stories to be told again, and in a new and exciting way.
I guess the only real downside to the stories in this collection is that they have the same issues that any set of fairy tales has. For example, there are some creepy connotations around consent when it comes to princes kissing princesses during their sleep. That’s never a good look.
Anyway, all in all, this little collection of fairy tales makes for a cracking read and it’s definitely one that I’d recommend picking up if you’re looking for something to read to your children in the evenings. And if you want to read it to your girlfriend then that’s just fine, too.
Oh, and I’d like to give one final shoutout to the illustrations, because they helped to make this book come alive and made it much more fun than what we used to do, which was just Googling stories to read. This was a joy from start to finish.
