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Scholastic Press (2017), 224 pages
Description
Snow White is a vampire, Little Red Riding Hood is a zombie, and Cinderella is an arsonist--and that is only some of the mayhem the reader will find in this collection of fractured fairy tales.
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LibraryThing member WhitneyYPL
Familiar fairytales get a macabre twist when the characters all share the same kingdom with a lone stepmother who just can't seem to get the upper hand. Readers quickly realize, along with the prince, that appearances can be easily misjudged. After all, there may have been other reasons for putting
The great cover helps this stand out among the pack of similarly themed chapter books. Recommend to non squeamish third graders and up, would also work well as a read-aloud. JF
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Rapunzel in a tower, or leaving Snow White in a meadow, or working Cinderella to the bone. And who knew the zombie power of pease porridge?! With each fairytale character who's introduced, things go from bad to worse. Chapters open with fractured nursery rhymes, some of which are delightfully gruesome. On occasion, a breezy narrator comments directly to the reader, similar to Adam Gidwitz's A Tale Dark & Grimm, but keeps the tone light and the "scarytales" less sinister. Stepmother's admonishment to Jack to think for himself finally gets the fairytale cast working together to solve the vexing problem threatening their kingdom. The great cover helps this stand out among the pack of similarly themed chapter books. Recommend to non squeamish third graders and up, would also work well as a read-aloud. JF
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LibraryThing member acargile
This series of tales is a Lone Star 2018 selection.
Each chapter is a different story, but the stories create an overall story of fairy tale land. There are many castles (think of all the fairy tales involving castles), so our characters move about in this world. You’ll meet Jack (of Beanstalk
If I tell anything about the stories, it’ll ruin them. Just don’t expect what you think you know. It’s just silly fun to see what Ms. White thinks of to link all of these characters in one story. Enjoy the surprise and be prepared to giggle at the snarkiness. My only criticism is that the narrator is never revealed or I was too tired to figure it out!
Each chapter is a different story, but the stories create an overall story of fairy tale land. There are many castles (think of all the fairy tales involving castles), so our characters move about in this world. You’ll meet Jack (of Beanstalk
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fame), Jill, Snow White, various step-mothers, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Rapunzel, etc. The characters move from story to story with Ms. White cheekily playing with the famous characters.If I tell anything about the stories, it’ll ruin them. Just don’t expect what you think you know. It’s just silly fun to see what Ms. White thinks of to link all of these characters in one story. Enjoy the surprise and be prepared to giggle at the snarkiness. My only criticism is that the narrator is never revealed or I was too tired to figure it out!
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LibraryThing member BillieBook
There's a lot of clever jokes about homonyms (rein, reign, rain; hair and Herr; and, of course, pee and pea) and some unexpected zombears, but the concept itself—re-told and interwoven fairy tales and nursery rhymes with a narrator who inserts herself into the tale— is about as fresh as one of
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LibraryThing member ennuiprayer
A must read for your children. Well, who am I kidding? A must read period. But, you know, read it with your children if you have them.
Awards
Texas Lone Star Reading List (2018)
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ISBN
9780545945868
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July 25th 2017
Once upon a time, a bunch of fairy tales got twisted around to be hilarious, a tiny bit icky, and spooky scarytales.
Once upon a time, a bunch of fairy tales got twisted around to be hilarious, a tiny bit icky, and spooky scarytales.