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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"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
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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