READ ME A STORY
A Child's Book of Favorite Tales
edited by Sophie Windham & illustrated by Sophie Windham
Fifteen of the most familiar nursery tales, in a nice- looking edition with large type and pleasingly decorative illustrations. But while a few stories here are intact (e.g., ``Teeny Tiny''), the uncredited adaptations are pedestrian at best, with delightful rhythms and repetitions eliminated to make room for more contemporary-sounding syntax, unnecessary explanations (the little Billy Goat ``was trying to be brave but really his legs were trembling''), outrageous truncations (``The Three Little Pigs'' stops abruptly in the middle), and ``The Ugly Duckling'' reduced to a five-page travesty. Shop elsewhere. (Folklore. 3-8)*justify no*