As Luck Would Have It: From the Brothers Grimm

author: Robert D. San Souci

name: Wayne

average rating: 2.57

book published: 2008

rating: 3

read at: 2014/09/03

date added: 2014/09/03

shelves: children-s

review:

'As Luck Would Have It' is a retelling of one of the Brother's Grimm's stories, Clever Elise. This one is told with a family of bears. It's a silly story of what happens when people don't think, but it all turns out okay in the end.



When mom and dad have to go care for grandmother, they leave the children in charge. On their way out, they specifically point out where the stash of gold is and tell the kids not to touch it. Which seems pretty irresponsible, especially given what follows. The two young bears go about their chores in a lazy manner which results in all kinds of calamity. Things like letting the oxen plow the field themselves or rolling the cheese wheels down the hill to the market. When the ultimate bad thing happens, the children go to the rescue, and manage to save the day and turn everything all right again.



The story is silly, and it's fun to watch the bears get into more and more trouble. The artwork is pretty great. I think it would be a fun book to read to kids.



I received a review copy of this ebook from August House, Little Folk and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.





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