Irma Wilde (1907–1991)

I had mixed feelings about this book after reading it. I liked the book because of its descriptive and patterned language. The author used descriptive words like “feathery snowflakes” and “became pale with rage” that created imagery as I read the book. The author also used patterned language throughout the book by using rhymes and repetition. Multiple times throughout the book it said, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is fairest of us all?” to show the importance of that stanza. The author used rhyming words such as, “Thou were the fairest, lady queen; Snow-White is fairest now, I ween.” I also liked this book because of the illustrations. The illustrations were on each page along with the text that showed the reader exactly what was happening in the text. Although I think the plot creates imagination for its readers and situations that don’t happen in real life, I don’t like that the whole time the queen is trying to poison and kill someone. I think that isn’t at the grade level for which this book is made to be. Overall, I think the main idea of this book is to show that people can live happily ever after like in fairytales.… (más)