Well-Loved Tales: Cinderella
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Look how far Ladybird had come between the 1940s and the 1980s! The Daddy of the Noel Barr stories would never had done anything so undignified – and the water might have put out his pipe. The final version of Bedtime Rhymes dates from 1995 and again seems to be an anthology of rhymes and lullabies – rather more traditional ones this time – such as Twinkle Twinkle. Grammar Skill: Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Past continuous Past tense Phonics Prepositions Present simple Present tense Pronouns Questions Questions and answers Simple past
No contest, is it. Still, I have to admit that both versions are very good at what they are designed for – they are still excellent to use with young children. Famous People Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills. The later titles in this series (The parables) were only ever printed with this format cover. Well Loved TalesCinderella is a Level 1 Read it yourself title, suitable for very early readers who have had some initial reading instruction and are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories. Each story is told very simply, using a small number of frequently repeated words. Read more Details The images in the earlier versions of these books must be, as you might expect, some of the most halcyon. Lambs skip, birds sing, shepherds care, mothers beam and children lisp. I can understand that later editions needed to tone it all down a bit. But it’s hard to get nostalgic about the revised versions. The first revision of ‘Hymns’ added ‘Songs’ to the title and changed a couple of the songs – but little is changed from the original. Both early versions provide a prime example of Ladybird self-publicity, with the children on the front cover singing from the Laydibrd book of Hymns (with themselves on the cover). Bedtime Rhymes
The same could be said for the following pairings – the original version (both from series 563) representing Ladybird at it’s dewy, nostalgic, zenith and the other a poorer, sketchy affair Going to school Another series that gained a ‘framed’ cover in the 1970s was the Bible stories series 606a. Earlier titles were issued with this style cover:
The same title – but different book
Two other books: Railways and Flight were re-issued with different covers, and slightly revised contents to encompass recent development. Here’s another title originally from the wonderful 563 series which found it’s way, years later, into a different version:
Another title from the 413 series gets confused with later versions. Nursery Rhymes first appeared in the ‘Auntie Muriel’ collection of books, series 413, in 1941, illustrated by Robert Knight. In 1965, just after the DJ era, a set of three volumes of Nursery Rhymes were produced to replace the original version, this time illustrated with the slightly surreal eye of Frank Hampson. I can remember being intrigued and frightened by some of these picture in about equal measure as a child. There followed book 2 and book 3 – also illustrated by Frank Hampson The Snowman There is similar confusion over the immensely popular 606d – Well Loved Tales series. Many people are anxious to get hold again of the fairy tales they remember as a child. But there are 2 different versions of the same titles in the same series to look out for.Here you can see some examples of the 3 different formats in which the 606d books were issued.Most of the books in this series were issued in only one version. However, Exploring Space was revised for obvious reasons. As you can see here, the whole ‘How it Works’ series 654 underwent a complete cover makeover when they were updated at the end of the 70s. Some books (such as ‘The Motor Car’) had already been revised by then. The story of Peter and the Wolf was written as a musical composition for children by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Since it was first performed in 1936, Peter and the Wolf has been used to teach millions of children about the way music can be used to tell a story.
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- EAN: 764486781913
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