Classic Storybook Fables: Including "Beauty and the Beast" and Other Favorites

I have bought all three books in this series for my kids and love them. Not only is the artwork great, but hearing stories that I have long since forgotten really makes me smile.I dont think many kids know these stories nowadays so it is fun to share new stories that they have never heard before.I would definitely recommend.

My kids love this book! We are using it with the gentle+classical curriculum and it pairs beautifully!

I cannot get over the amazing artwork in this book. Neither can my kids. There is so much detail in each page! I also love the word flow of the stories themselves. They are beautifully written. I do a lot of reading aloud and there are many children’s books I hope my kids will never pick up to have me read again. Never with this book. I look forward to reading this to them every time (and any of Gustafson’s other classic works for kids).

The stories are age-old and eternally magical. The art is terrific. Gustafson is more than a craftsman or mere illustrator. He has amazing skills and creates art that seems alive and vibrant.

So beautiful! Kids love it. I love it. Now we need any and all books illustrated by Scott Gustafson.

Not for babies or toddlers. 8 and up.

I added this lovely book to my collection of beautifully illustrated children's books. The rich paintings add to the storytelling for lasting memories.

I have not read it yet, but the illustrations are of such a quality that I expect my grandkids to remember them all their lives.

I was so spellbound by Scott Gustafson’s Classic Fairy Tales that I immediately ordered two more of his collection of stories. One of them arrived today: Classic Storybook Fables (ISBN: 978-1579657048). It has the same large format, though it has fewer pages (84 compared to 144) and only eight stories (instead of 10). The stories included are:The Ugly DucklingBeauty and the BeastThe Crow and the Pitcherthe Emperor’s New ClothesThe Boy Who Cried WolfThe Little Red HenThe Mice in CouncilThe Boy Who Went to the North WindClassic Storybook Fables may have less in terms of quantity, but it has more than retained the quality set by Classic Fairy Tales. In fact, the illustrations look even more beautiful – which I didn’t think possible. The cover picture of Beauty and the Beast in particular is exquisite, a real work of art. The illustrations for The Boy Who Went to the North Wind are also superb, oozing with magic and so achingly inviting. They are the sort of illustrations that make our world look so dull and dreary, images that make you dream of being transported to the land of magic.The title of the book is slightly misleading because less than half of the stories are, strictly speaking, fables. The rest are more traditional fairy stories. I also do not like the “twist” Gustafson pulled on his version of The Emperor’s New Clothes. All the characters are portrayed by different breeds of dogs which for me changed the feel of the story. The Emperor’s New Clothes is about human vanity and having dogs as the characters did not feel quite right. I understand why Gustafson made the change – The Emperor’s New Clothes would otherwise have been the only story in the book that did not feature animal characters but a better choice, I feel, would have been including the story in the other books where it would have been more at home, rather changing it to fit the theme of this particular book.But the Emperor’s metamorphosis is not enough to ruin Classic Storybook Fables for me. It’s still a delightful book of fairy tales, one that I’m thrilled to add to my collection.

Just bought this as a Christmas present for my son and he's going to be blown away by the illustrations- the detail is amazing and the book is really big, too, so it'll be great for bedtime stories!

Altro bellissimo libro illustrato da Scott Gustafson. L'imperatore de "I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore" è il più bello che abbia mai visto. Un'opera d'arte dietro l'altra 🍥

Illustrations are amazing! My grandaughter loves it.... Recommend highly.

Another great book and artwork for children