Mixed Up Fairy Tales: Split-Page Book

This is a wonderful creative book for children to assist in their imagination.I bought this for my niece when she was just two and half, she enjoyed turning the sections over, but it didn't mean a lot to her, she just enjoyed the pictures. However it was the first book to always be chosen at story time. Now at four, she joins in with the pictures she recognises, and giggles at the prospect that someone might get eaten by an apple, or that a pumpkin can turn into a handsome prince.It is fun for the whole family when there is a little one there, not only does it make entertaining fun to hear the short descriptions, but watching the child's reactions is great fun.My neice doesn't know all the fairy tales yet that it relates to, but loves it all the same. I am sure that even with the knowledge of how they should be told, this will just add a further layer for her fun and imagination.

My 6yo son loves this. He had a mixed up people book as a toddler (similar to the misfit games you can get), and had asked for another one. However this is much more suitable for a 6yo and so much fun. There are 4 strips on each 'page' and plenty of pages to keep little imaginations and sense of humours happy! Two months after he received it, I am still finding he has been reading it when he wakes up in the morning. We have had no end of giggles the stories created: Cinderella up the beanstalk being chased by the three bears before being turned into something - or thereabouts! This should get much higher acclaim than it does - i stumbled across it completely by accident! The only slight negative would be that the strips inside are quite long and the pages are spiral bound so I am just waiting for the day when one gets accidentally ripped.

I got this for my 8 year old son. He finds reading really tricky and often is uninterested however he found this book hilarious and has actively chosen to read it multiple times since receiving.

My son finds this book very funny. He loves the idea of choosing what is going to happen next.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this... I didn't read enough reviews to piece together a picture of what it was, so I'll try a brief summary for those (like me) who just look at recent reviews...The book is spiral bound, with each 'page' being split into 4 'strips' (so each 'page' is actually 4 pieces of paper). Each section has a picture and word (eg. 'Cinderella') or short sentence (eg. 'ended up marrying'), hence you end up with 'mixed up fairy tales' when you change one or more of the 4 sub-sections. I suppose a bit like the old 'Misfits' game, where you'd mix a nurse's head with a sailor's torso and so on.You end up with very brief precis of a tale, rather than a typical story, so to some extent its more of a game than a bedtime story. There aren't actually that many combinations, especially when children like to match the background colours on the 4 'strips'.My two year old doesn't really get it, but quite amusing (for a while!) for the adults, could possibly encourage reading, and the 5 year old loves it.

Used this with various classes. It is very popular amongst the children.

This is actually going to be a Christmas gift for one of my children, when I can decide who the recipient is - because I think they would all enjoy it! Some of the possibilities are hilarious and will really appeal to children's sense of fun. My older 2 are just about reading independently and I look forward to seeing the story combinations they come up with. Essentially, each page has about six lines of a fairy tale and is divided line by line. You can flip over individual lines and end up with something like Cinderella climbing a beanstalk and a whole plethora of consequences. Excellent way to encourage imagination and independent reading as well as good fun

This book is great. My 5 year old loves it and never tires of it. Each page is broken up into 4 sections with a sentence on each section. You turn the sections over randomly to create your own 'Mixed Up Fairy Tale'. Although you can read a page in seconds, I always find that we add our own bits into the story too and make them even more mixed up, but the style of the book encourages you to do this. You can also match up the coloured sections in order to read the 'correct' version of the story. 10/10 from us.

Kids love this book

Me ha gustado este libro con el que se pueden hacer combinaciones de distintos cuentos tradicionales, y a la vez practicar inglés.

This is a really fun and silly book for kids who know their fairy tales. Lots of laughing and giggling every time we bring this one out.

My six year old received this book this morning. She instantly loved it. She's not a fan of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, ... but was able to flip though and have them rubbing an old dusty lamp and getting a grumpy giant out and was giggling over the results of random flipping. Definitely bound to be a favorite. She's asked me if she can take it to school to show her teacher when she starts school next week.

Although it's a novelty item in many respects, its replay value is good for quite a few lessons and dozens of stories made up by both the teacher and students. Works best with older kids that have been exposed to tons of English fairytales. If a teacher and you have older/high level students buy it.