Week 12 Reading Diary: English Fairy Tales

This week I chose to read the English Fairy Tales unit by Joseph Jacobs. I enjoyed reading the story called The Rose Tree because it kept my attention the whole time with it's twists and turns. The author did a great job when he was describing the girl in the story. I had such a vivid image of her in my mind! The beginning reminded me of Snow White because the mother was so jealous of her step daughter's beauty. I was shocked when she ended up chopping the daughters head off... I thought she was just going to cut her hair! I could use this in my story telling this week but maybe from the rose tree's perspective. The story called Binnorie was very dark and sad. It seems like there's a common theme of jealousy and death in this unit! While reading, I couldn't help but put myself in the older sister's shoes. I know it would kill me if my husband left me for my younger sister! Of course one of my favorite stories in this first section of the unit was The Story of the Three Little Pigs. I liked how this one was different and had a whole second half that was about the third pig tricking the wolf many times before having him as stew! I'd love to use this as my storytelling by maybe combining another story from this unit.

(Illustration from Binnorie. Source: UnTextbook)