Leaping Beauty
By Gregory Maguire, Jim Madsen
Price: $9.99
About the Book
A gorgeous new edition of the classic collection of fractured fairy tales from Gregory Maguire, nationally bestselling author of Wicked—with new cover and interior artwork and two never-before-published stories!
Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed.
What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, cursed forever to weep, sleep . . . and leap? Or the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant had the chance to attend the ball of her dreams—can she bake her way to meeting a dashing prince?
Zany animals of all species get their own fairy tale endings in these laugh-out-loud twists on the classics from Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked.
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Reviews
“ … eight deeply and profoundly silly stories.…Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound.…Dizzylingly funny.” — Kirkus Reviews *starred review*
“Here are amusing retellings of eight familiar fairy tales with the characters as animals, … ” — New York Times Book Review
“ … a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers.” — ALA Booklist
About the Book
A gorgeous new edition of the classic collection of fractured fairy tales from Gregory Maguire, nationally bestselling author of Wicked—with new cover and interior artwork and two never-before-published stories!
Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed.
What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, cursed forever to weep, sleep . . . and leap? Or the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant had the chance to attend the ball of her dreams—can she bake her way to meeting a dashing prince?
Zany animals of all species get their own fairy tale endings in these laugh-out-loud twists on the classics from Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked.
Product Details
Reviews
“ … eight deeply and profoundly silly stories.…Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound.…Dizzylingly funny.” — Kirkus Reviews *starred review*
“Here are amusing retellings of eight familiar fairy tales with the characters as animals, … ” — New York Times Book Review
“ … a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers.” — ALA Booklist
