Loved the idea of combining together similar regional authors who specialize in similar type of stories, especially when combining the more famous Perrault with the lesser known Marie LePrince de Beaumont who was the creator of an even greater known fairytale.

The writing is simple and close to large print that it is easy to read while each story was offered an accompanied uncolored picture. Even with the picture included I wouldn't recommend this for younger children but probably young adults due to some of the stories were kind of too graphic as these aren't Disney but the way the stories were originally written.

And although Perrault is more known for his Cinderella, that particular story wasn't included but instead some of his lesser known works, which was refreshing for a change. And although Beauty & the Beast did have some morals within them it wasn't obvious while the morals of the other stories were put in nice rhyming pairs at the end of each of Perrault's..

Loved the simple easiness of the reading while can't wait to get my hands on some of the other Dover Classics fairytales to see how they broke those ones up. Too bad these books aren't selling still for the price they were originally sold for :( ( )