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Available
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Publication
Orbis Pub. (1983), Board book, 240 pages
Description
Has a brief children's story for every day of the year.
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LibraryThing member theWallflower
I got this book a long time ago because I had it as a kid and I wanted my kids to have it. There are 365 stories, one for each day of the year, although a lot of them are multi-parters, and each day is only about 250 words.
I have fond memories of this book, but on the re-read, it started becoming
I have fond memories of this book, but on the re-read, it started becoming
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hard to get through. The stories I remember as a nine-year-old weren't as full of whimsy and wonder. The tales weren't diverse and magical. They started getting samey (right around August, I believe) and it's not as much a compendium of fairy tales as I thought. Some are downright strange. They're all deeply rooted in Eastern Europeanism. There are no paragraph breaks and little dialogue. I wonder if I returned to my nine-year-old self, reading this volume for the first time, I'd feel the same way. I don't know the answer to that, but I do understand now why my kids haven't cracked it open. Show Less
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240 p.; 10.87 inches
ISBN
0856134635 / 9780856134630
Local notes
A collection of very short stories, one for every day of the year. Gorgeous illustrations by Karel Franta.