(straight to DVD)
Rated: unrated
Length: 56m
Age: 3 +
Scary factor: nonexistent
Interests: the Disney princess brand
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007)
26 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 3+ Tags: castle, horses, Magic, Princess
The Princess and the Goblin
20 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, Classics Tags: castle, Fairy Tale, goblins, Magic, Princess
by George MacDonald
1872 – originally published in London by Strahan & Co.
216 pp – 32 chapters
Age: 6+ (?)
Next: C. S. Lewis Narnia books, The Hobbit
Also by this author:
Dealings with the Fairies (1867) aka The Light Princess and Other Stories – includes the story “The Golden Key”, commonly regarded as a masterpiece
At the Back of the North Wind (1871) – along with P&G, his most famous work
The Princess and Curdie (1883) – sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, but a lot darker, more violent and destructive
Saint George and the Dragon
11 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: action, adventure, British history, castle, dragons, Fairy Tale, knights, Magic, Princess, saints, travel
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1985
Trina Schart Hyman, illustrator
text retold by Margaret Hodges
New York: Little, Brown, 1984
32 pp
ages 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, knights, dragons, princesses, quests, castles, British history, saints
Next: King Arthur stories, more about St. George
Also by this illustrator: Rapunzel, The Serpent Slayer; and Other Stories of Strong Women
Many Moons
19 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: bedtime, castle, Fairy Tale, moon, night, Princess
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1944
James Thurber, author
Louis Slobodkin, ill.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1943
45 pp
age 3+
Interests: fairy tales, princess, castles, moon
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
09 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 4+, Old Movies Tags: action, British history, castle, history, knights, Princess, romance
Rated: PG for adventure violence
Length: 102 min.
Age: 4+ commonsense media sez: 9+ *
* There’s a big gap between our age recommendations here, which I have given a lot of thought to. Commonsense usually rates a year older than I do, but five?! If your child likes action, and is okay with violence at a beginner level (arm’s length, non-gory), then I really think 4 or 5 is all right for this film. My daughter was a ‘slightly brave 4’ and had more trouble with the plot points than the violence. She quite enjoyed it, especially the jumping out of trees, which our stuffed animals still re-enact from time to time. … Plus, both Peter M. Nichols (The New York Times Essential Library : Children’s Movies: a critic’s guide to the best films available on video and DVD), and Ty Burr (The Best Old Movies for Families) agree with me – they both rate this film good for 4 years old and up.
Scary Factor: montage of dastardly doings to the peasants is upsetting but brief. Battles are not intense, see below. Robin is captured, which was hard to watch for my daughter, but just made his inevitable escape more exciting.
Interests: history, action, medieval life, England, knights, castles, old movies
Next: books on Robin Hood, MOVIES: other Errol Flynn: Captain Blood; Disney’s animated Robin Hood (1973)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
24 Feb 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 4+ Tags: animals, Fairy Tale, Magic, Princess
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Rated: G
Length: 83 min.
Age: 4 and up. commonsense.org sez: 5+
Scary Factor: huntsman drawing dagger to kill Snow White is a momentary threat, Snow White afraid in the dark forest, the Queen concocting spells and transforming into an old crone, the dwarves chasing the Queen is rather exciting/suspenseful, image of face in mirror is creepy to some
Intense scenes: Snow White eats poison apple and falls down, dwarves grieving over Snow White’s dead body might be a little intense for some.
Interests: fairy tales, princesses, magic, animals
What’s Next: read the original Grimm’s version, MOVIES: Cinderella
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