Verónica  Uribe, illustrated by Carmen Salvador, translated by Susan Ouriou,
The Little Book of Nursery Tales
Groundwood Books, 2005.

Rating: G*

The newest book written by Verónica Uribe, contains seven well known nursery stories including "The Little Red Hen", and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". She also includes a few Spanish tales such as "Half-A-Chick" and "Cucaracha Martínez". Other titles in this series include Little Book of Latin American Folktales, Little Book of Fairy Tales, and Little Book of Fables.

Those with a fondness for nursery tales will enjoy this book and the colourful, whimsical drawings that accompany them. This is a great way to reintroduce or perhaps introduce children to characters like the hard-working Little Red Hen and to strange looking Half-A-Chick!

It’s always interesting to read the different takes on nursery tales. I enjoyed these stories - especially The Little Red Hen.

This palm sized book is easy to read to children one on one.

Thematic Links: Latin American Folklore; Fairy Tales

Tanya Boudreau
Vol. 11, number 3
February 2006

*Rating System:
E - Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it!
G - Good, even great at times, generally useful!
A - Average, all right, has its applications.
P - Problematic, puzzling, poorly presented.