Reviews

The Kingdom Under the Sea and Other Stories by Joan Aiken

ruthie_the_librarian's review against another edition

4.0

Wonderful, old fashioned fairy tales with gorgeous illustrations.

jennykeery's review

5.0

A captivating collection of fairy tales that I have loved since I was very young and often re-read.

shiprim's review against another edition

3.0

Bu seferkiler biraz daha sıkıcı. Ama hakkını vermek lazım, kadın yaratıcı..

annabel_kathryn's review

5.0

Another beautifully written collection of stories from Aiken with exciting and poetic adventures for everyone.

theatlantean's review

4.0

A superb set of myths, beautifully retold by Joan Aiken.
Jan Pienkowski's style is perfect for the tone of the storytelling, and together they bring the tales to magical life.
An excellent introduction to Eastern European legends and tales for any child - my 5-year old son loved it.

mat_tobin's review

4.0

Aiken has written 3 other collections of fairy tales like this as this specific gathering celebrates the retelling of eleven East European folk tales. Aiken never puts a word wrong in this collection involving dragons, knights, helpful animals and angels and does not hold back in her rich imagery and language. Many pages are accompanied again by Pienkowski's familiar silhouette style. In order to find the right balance between word and image, he had more control over where the narrative went, charted the progression of colours and was allowed to colour the initials of the first word of each story (which is a gorgeous addition). Great to learn and retell to KS1 or read aloud and explore with KS2.

southernreach's review

4.0

these were some weird stories,but i think i enjoyed them.