Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables

All I Can Say Is "WOW" This Is A Great Quality Item At A Unbelievable Price!I Bought 2 So I Can Read It To My Grandkids Over Video Chat. Its Not Only Hard Bound, But The Cover Is Padded, Giving The Book A Really Nice Feel.

My son LOVES the stories in this book. Personally, I was disappointed as the stories have been changed quite a lot and are not really true to the traditional ones I grew up on. Still, it doesn't seem to matter as he loves them and makes me read them every night. Loads of stories, covering almost all the fairy tales I know in one book so I think it's excellent value. Much better than 2 other Ubsourne fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersson books I bought.

Beautiful!

The stories are written more for adults than for young children in mind. Many phrases and words used are more appropriate for older children (6+) and adults-- may be too complex for younger kids.

My daughter is really enjoying this book and i really appreciate that the storys are short enough to not drag on all night but long enough for my 3 year old to enjoy. The pictures are nicely done and 50 storys is a lot, i can see us getting a lot of value out of it. If i had any complaints, it would be that theres a lot of big complicated words in the book that would be hard for a toddler to understand and read. So far what ive been doing is simplifying the words to make to easier for her to follow. Its a small gripe, but it would be nice if she could learn to read more simple words in this book.Update: after having this book for awhile, it needs to be addressed that many of the storys in this book are just cringe worthy bad. Some of them are morally inappropriate for children speaking of murder, stealing, lying and scamming with no consequences. All of the storys have vocabulary that is overly complex for small children. While i still think its great that they packed so many storys in such a beautiful book and some storys are good or cute, its a shame the quality isn't consistent throughout.

Some of the stories are cute, the images are ok, and the padded binding beautiful, but many of the stories are horrible - which to me disqualifies the entire book and I wish I could return it. The stories include the Brothers Grimm tales, which are too violent and scary and have no educational value. Some of the stories have downright negative values such as "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" which is a story of revenge (is taking revenge after being angry over something petty, a value you want to teach your young child? Not me). Generally speaking, the stories are too long for my 3-year-old, and oftentimes the vocabulary they use is a bit too advanced. I would be happy to return it, if I could.

Awesome content and beautiful illustrations! I love sharing stories from my very early childhood with my kids. So many classics that contain a moral and helped shaped my young imagination. Each story is short enough to conveniently read at bedtime with no problem!

While I don't agree with some of the versions of the stories, the length of them and the pictures more than make up for it. It works exceptionally well for story time before bed.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Absolutely amazing. Best hoof ever! Thank you

Lovely book... But wish the seller would use actual photos of the books contents.. Doesn't have humpty dumpty in it at all (false advertising) but it's a nice book..

This book is just phenomenal. Everything about it is amazing! The feel of the book, the pictures, the stories....... my boys love it and can’t wait for bedtime now!

Really lovely book. Perfect length for bedtime stories. They capture my 18month olds attention perfectly each night whilst she has her milk before bed. Stories are fun and nicely illustrated.

Beautiful book , bought for my young grandchildren for bedtime stories. Very well made strong and sturdy, the stories are not too long and the illustrations are lovely.