Yolen,
Jane, and Rebecca Kai Dotlich. Grumbles from the
Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist. Boyd's Mills/Word
Song 2013 40p $16.95 ISBN 978-1-59078-867-7 elem Fairy tales E-BN
This is a delightful collection of
poems by two authors who have provided readers with a new twist on the
traditional fairy tale.
Readers will be surprised to find that Cinderella was not kept awake by a simple pea but by a tower of mattresses. To top it off, the pea was upset because he missed his pod and his seven green peers.
Readers will be surprised to find that Cinderella was not kept awake by a simple pea but by a tower of mattresses. To top it off, the pea was upset because he missed his pod and his seven green peers.
In another tale, Cinderella boasts that
she could have danced all night in almost any shoe but those glass slippers
that cut her feet to slivers. The
whining stepsisters, on the other hand, declared that they taught her
everything she knows.
In addition to entertaining readers, this book could be used by the creative educator in literature and writing classes.
Summary: This book presents a bewitching brew of poems that present what the
fairy-tale characters were really thinking. Readers are warned to
be prepared to be surprised and dazzled, and to beware of magic.
This is a delightful
twist on the usual fairy-tale.
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