The stories are age appropriate, so each story is relatively simple and short. The target audience for this collection is middle grade kids. The Nixie of the Mill Pond gathers eight European fairy tales with a cautionary theme:
Stories to teach, stories to protect, stories to warn. Usually at the very very center there is a kernel of truth (or more than a kernel sometimes) or at least an important moral lesson (stay away from weirdos, lock your doors, beware of dangerous people, use your brains in a bad situation, etc etc) So, when I saw this modern graphic novel re-telling of some classic fairy tales, I knew I had to read it!Ĭautionary Tales. Books, audio, YouTube videos, message boards, podcasts.I love those stories that pass from person to person and embrace the old and the new. Those are just the internet-era versions of folk lore and legends. I enjoy them all! And that life long love is why I enjoy the more modern versions too - urban legends, reddit scary tales, and creepy pasta stories. legends, folk lore, fairy tales, ghost stories, historical tales, morality stories. Books, audio, YouTube videos, message boards, podcasts.I love those stories I love folklore and fairy tales! Ever since childhood I have been drawn to stories passed down from past generations. I love folklore and fairy tales! Ever since childhood I have been drawn to stories passed down from past generations.
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Thank you to NetGalley and Iron Circus Comics for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.more I think YA and up would be the general age group for these stories (but hey, middle graders have seen a lot worse too). These include some of the lighter tales, but also some of the darker. The illustrations are very much comic book and 90s after school cartoon inspired and I am digging it! It made these stories more fun for me. This was always one of my favourite fairy tales.Ĥ. Puss in Boots - "Oh great, a weirdo that puts clothes on his pets." - 5 stars. I had never heard of this story before, so that was wildly amusing!ģ. Jack and the Beanstalk - "I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN" - 3 starsĢ. Included in this collection are (with my star rating, of course):ġ. To add to this awesome sauce, this collection includes fairy tales from various European countries (and I haven't heard of some of these before so this is wicked cool!). Plus, I grew up pretty heavily on fairy tales so it's like a blast to the past for me. I was more than thrilled to be able to pick this book up because it's just fun seeing different authors and illustrators ways of recreating fairy tales. I absolutely love fairy tales, so seeing them in graphic novel form is an absolute delight. It's spooky yet detailed and grabs all of my attention. To add to this awesome sauce, this collection includes fairy tales from v For one thing: The cover is INCREDIBLE.
All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.moreįor one thing: The cover is INCREDIBLE. Received a review copy from Iron Circus Comics and Edelweiss. Part of the Cautionary Fables and Fairy-tales anthology series. I liked the slant the artists put on some of these stories that we've heard many times before. There were a few that I hadn't heard before like Tatterhood and the Nixie of the Mill-Pond as well. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementio Some fun and sometimes dark retellings of classic European fairy tales by a group of indie and webcomic artists. Some fun and sometimes dark retellings of classic European fairy tales by a group of indie and webcomic artists.
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