The world of make believe and Fairy Tales

The world of make believe and Fairy Tales

What grabs your attentions when you read a well written book? Have you ever been so deeply involved in the book were it has you hooked and you can not put it down. Well for me their has been several books I love taking the time to read and enjoy them. Here is were I am going with this my kids are young and their still finding what they love and at the moment it is Fairy tales and some fables my ten year old loves reading the Fairy tales with a twist to them .

And I have to say I really enjoyed how some of these books have churned out and some I would preferred not to have read.My eight and five year old also prefers the twist on the Fairy tales my son also tells me not all stories have Happy endings and he is so right about that one .He likes to believe the characters that once were evil can be good again and I agree with him all the way. So let me ask you what are some of your favorite Fairy tales are fables that your enchanted with? What books have made your reading list worth while?

Here is a few books from my children reading list that we have read in the last few months and have enjoyed

The Land Of Stories by Chris Colfer Must read all three books they will have you hooked for sure

Twice Upon a Time

By: James Riley

Wild Magic By: Cat Weatherill

The Thirteenth Princess
by Diane Zahle

The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1)
by Michael Buckley

I would love to here some feed back on some of your favorite books that you are reading. Let me know if you read some of these books and what were your thoughts with them.

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