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

Book 2 of 2: Newfangled Fairy Tales
 
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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.

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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.

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Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780689822117: Newfangled Fairytales

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ISBN 10:  0689822111 ISBN 13:  9780689822117
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's, 1998
Softcover