New Fangled Fairy Tales: Bk. 2: Classic Stories with a Funny Twist (New Fangled Fairy Tales: Classic Stories with a Funny Twist) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881663174 ISBN 13: 9780881663174

Publisher: Meadowbrook Press,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

This collection of ten fairy tales puts a humorous spin on classic stories. Rumpelstiltskin is a 1930s private eye; Rapunzel is held captive by an urban witch in a high-rise block of flats, and the Little Tailor brags about his bravery until a giant teaches him a lesson.

About this title

Review:

"Recommended." --Publishers Weekly "The dialogue is cool, the farce is wild, and kids will appreciate how the damsels in distress make their own happy endings." --Booklist

About the Author:

Bruce Lansky, the creator of this series and author of the story "The Girl Who Wanted to Be a Princess" is also the creator and editor of the Girls to the Rescue series and the Can You Solve the Mysteries series. He is also a best-selling children's poet. His poetry anthologies include No More Homework! No More Tests! and Rolling in the Aisles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meadowbrook Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0881663174
• ISBN 13: 9780881663174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• Editor: Lansky Bruce