This was a very unique and humorous fairy tale. Sadly my Adobe no longer works on my computer so I had to send it to my Kindle Keyboard. The smaller graphics loaded fine, but the larger ones were split up. The illustrations are very nice and well-drawn.

The story itself is about two twin sisters, Celia and Alice. They live with their Wicked Stepmother and two half-troll stepsisters. Of course the stepmother wants to rid herself of Celia and Alice, so she loses them in the woods.

The adventures are quite good, and I imagined the fox as in the movie Labyrinth. There is a fairy godmother, magical beasts, princes, and a glass mountain.

This is a great book for young kids. Definitely would recommend it. ( )

A wonderful mixture of fractured fairy tales and fables blended into a story of twins, Celia and Alice, and their adventures. It's fun to go through and pick out the different fairy tales featured throughout the story.
Perfectly written for the target audience of 10 years +. However, I think this would make an excellent parent and child read (much the same as The Wishing Chair series) where you can elaborate on the voices of the animals, giants and the noble, overly eager prince. I loved the maps ( a must have for every great fantasy book) and it was fun to go back and track where each adventure was taking them. The gorgeous illustrations throughout added an extra dimension to the story. ( )

The Silver Rings is a delightful conglomeration of fairy tales that should delight very young readers and their parents, as well as the older children who read for themselves. It is fun to pick up on the similarities to the Cinderella story, and characters such as The Fairy Godmother, the Three Little Pigs, the Sly Fox, a magic mirror, giants, noble princes, etc., etc.

Samuel Valentino has written and illustrated a story featuring identical twins Alice and Celia. They are patient and hard working girls who are bossed around mercilessly by their step-mother. StepMom has two daughters, Tara(ntula) and Ana(conda), who are as mean as they can be, not to mention ugly and obnoxious.

Celia and Alice take advantage of an opportunity to escape from their home into the Enchanted Forest. With only a few missteps, they make their way to their fairy godmother Mozzarella's house. She gives the girls each a disguise for protection and a magic ring, so that they can separate, but the ring will turn colors if one sister is in trouble and needs the help of her sister. The girls love each other but like different environments so they set out in different directions. Celia loves the outdoors; Alice wants four walls and the comforts of home.

They find what they want in the short run, but troubles come...there are lots of fairy tales to allude to...but the girls find first, adventure, then obstacles, then an awareness that they are quite capable of saving themselves. And oh, yeah, some handsome princes, eventually (who they help to save) come, making their lives just that much more interesting!

A delightful tale with appealing illustrations and plenty of humor and wit, the book is available as of July 1, 2014, so be on the look out for this delightful fairy tale!

I read the eversion of the book courtesy of NetGalley. ( )