My toddler son loves this book - it is his favourite. I'm not sure why amazon has it's reading level labelled as being 9 - 12 years, as it is truely a 'reading to' picture book that the children follow along. In New Zealand the English version of this book is highly reccomended for parents of 1 year olds and over.

I really like how the book uses similies ('I'm quick as a cricket') to describe each charcteristic a child may have. The pictures really fit each description well, clearly showing the emotion on the childs face in almost every case.

A Tangled Tale indeed...this book is so tangled I wouldn't even recommend it to an adult let alone a child. From the depressingly morbid beginnign where the woman wakes up dead, til she eats her potato husband and wakes up, the story is just terrible. It contains tons of subliminal messages that do not seem appropriate for viewers under the age of 18. As future teacher, I will not be having a copy of this book in my library or classroom.

I won't be giving this book to my grandchildren. I have really liked the Woods works previously but find this frightening for children. Too bad- I don't even want to donate it to the library.

While I was reading this book, the poem "Late Last Night, In the Middle of the Day" kept going through my mind. I love word-twisted stories and poems, and this book fits into that category perfectly. For the readers who say that this would be frightening to children, you need to keep in mind that the story is set as a dream. I've read this book to very young children (under five) who've loved it and not found it frightening at all. Children understand that crazy, twisted things can happen in dreams. I think that it can also be a useful tool in helping children understand that strange and frightening things in dreams can be looked at in a lighter way. The illustrations are supurb, as Don Wood's work always is, and a wonderful blend of oil and CG.

I read this to my seven-year-old moments ago. The illustration was beautiful, but the writing I found pompously and overly flowery for a children's book. My daughter summed it up perfectly when we had finally trudged through it, "That was SO boring. Please, never read it again!"

I really enjoyed this book. Even though it is a children's book I still greatly enjoyed the book, and it's illustrations. The story is great for all children, in fact it is one of my three-year-old sons favorites. The story of a little girl who is sent a magic flute that enables her to fly is one that captivates the hearts and imaginations of all children young, and old.