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I seem to like ‘Little Golden Books’ better than ‘Tell-A-Tales’. I gave their 1959 rendition of “Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty” two stars, because it caricaturized magic old ladies, who could not independently bake, nor dress-make. I liked its curtailment of ugly aspects because one wants adventure and possibilities, never meanness. I have learned our version is more morally tolerable, than the originals that emerged from 1344 to 1697. From Charles Perrault, Grimm Brothers adapted “Dornröschen”
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