Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs
by Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 31 pages · 1972
Why we'd hand it over
Burkert's 1972 edition is a stunner — intricate, lush illustrations that reward close looking, and the text treats the darkness seriously without becoming nightmare-fuel for most 6-year-olds.