Magic Porridge Pot Hardcover – July 16, 1979

Been looking for this book. I memorized this book as a kid for a storytelling contest and it's nice to have a copy of it. Childhood memories

Love this book! Brought back wonderful childhood memories for me. Arrived in great condition!

Great book. My grand daughters love it like I did when my Dad read it to me.

Great for story time.

I loved this book as a kid and enjoy reading it to my 3 year old now. It's a classic!

This is an old library book. Not a new book as advertised. I am returning it. I am very disappointed.

I liked this retelling of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale. It is listed (not this book specifically, but this story) in Beyond the Rainbow Bridge as being an early fairy tale, suitable for 3 and 4 year olds. It has a good message about the consequences of being greedy. The only thing which I didn't really understand was when the little girl came back to halt the porridge pot, she yelled "Stop, little pot, stop!" four times in a row. I suppose this is because she has to undo the damage her mother caused by using the incorrect magic words four times (halt, enough, no more & cease) but it is a little awkward to read aloud. This would be a good book to introduce the use of synonyms to an older class as well -- each word in essence means the same thing and yet there are subtle differences between them.

Nice storybook for young children. Scary but not too scary, leavened by plentiful humour and an implied moral. Illustrations are big and colourful, guaranteed to appeal.

I was pleased to have found a used copy of Galdone's The Magic Porridge Pot for a reasonable price through Amazon. This fairy tale was a favourite of my older children years ago - we used to take it out from the library. I wanted to get a copy of our own for my 3 year old daughter. As I expected, she loves the story. It's simple, and funny, and Galdone's illustrations are charming as always. It makes for a perfect bedtime story for a 3-5 year old.I would recommend all of Paul Galdone's fairy tales, in fact, not just this one - he does an excellent job of retelling and illustrating these old tales without fiddling with them much. Many modern versions of fairy tales will have very modern twists on the story, often to take out those elements of the stories which children enjoy most....Galdone however just tells the story as it originally was, with simple illustrations to match. Another one of his books which is a favourite at our house is The Elves and the Shoemaker.

This is a lovely traditional folk tale which captivates the imagination of pre school aged children and beyond.This book is part of my collection of stories that I read to my pre school class.

中身は同じだったのですが、表紙は違うものでした。きれいな状態だったので、満足ですが、日本語バージョンと同じ表紙のものがほしかったので、少し残念でした。