The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Illustrated Paperback – Illustrated, October 30, 2015

When I was about seven-years-old a family member gave me a recording, (78s) of the Pied Piper of Hamelin narrated by Ingrid Bergman. As I listened, I could see the characters in my head and never tired of the story.A month ago I bought the book for my eight-year-old granddaughter who lives about eight hundred miles away from me, because I was afraid with the passing of one more generation, the story might be forgotten.It is a lovely book, written by Robert Browning more than a century ago. The drawings are perfect, given the dated language used in this book. And the story has a simple message, about honoring our promises.Sadly, my granddaughter glanced at the book and was clearly not interested. I wanted to read it with her, intending to make clear the English used by Browning.So, a tale almost twelve hundred years old bit the dust, at least in our family it did.But if you are a lover of this fable, it is worth your time to try it out on the children in your family. They will be the richer for it.

This is a beautiful book that is worthy of being enjoyed by kids of all ages and makes a perfect gift! I love this clothbound everyman's library children's classics collection! Would love to collect all of them! My children enjoy this story over and over so I wanted to get a nicer bound book of it then what we had. We had just an anthology of stories and this story was in it.

Beautiful book and illustrations but meant for older children, not a 3 year old. However, grandson really enjoyed the story and learning new vocabulary.

Book used in classroom has wonderful illustrations! Best version I have seen.

A beautiful book. Text and illustrations as well as the cover beautifully done. Highly recommended.

The Derrydale edition of The Pied Piper was one of my most favorite books when I was a very young child. I was heartbroken when it was lost in a house move some years ago. I have been looking for it for years, and was overjoyed to finally find it. The book I received was in great condition with only some minor wear on the cover (as you might expect from a nearly 40 year old children's book). Very satisfied!

When you look at the preview of this book under the "Kindle" tab, all those great 19th century color illustrations are there, and they are goreous. It is at least half the reason I decided to get this editon rather than looking for it in a Robert Browning "Complete Works". I know, its free, so what's the big deal. The problem is that I see the Kindle, especially in color, is a great tool for delivering books to kids, and there are other similar classic kids books where all the great illustrations are there, intact. And, this is faulty marketing. It is promoting something you do not get. Again, I know, it's free. But I'm still disappointed, and you will be too, if you want the classic art work for children.

A powerful poem about promises made and promises broken and lasting consequences for a small medieval town in Germany. I enjoyed the vivid language evoking events of long ago, thoughwish they had illustrations to match.