Leaping Beauty and other animal fairy tales
Author(s): Gregory Maguire
What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, doomed to be Weeping Beauty forever? What if the Three "Chickens" had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant lost her glass plate slipper? Then you? d have this hilarious collection of twisted fairy tales from the master of the absurd, Gregory Maguire! The best-selling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West wreaks havoc on eight classic fairy tales, with a cast of characters including a dancing frog, a gorilla queen, and seven giant giraffes. First published 2004. "Good for those whose tastes run to silly and sillier" - Publishers Weekly
Product Information
" . eight deeply and profoundly silly stories..Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound..Dizzylingly funny." -- Kirkus Reviews *starred review*
General Fields
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- : haconz
- : haconz
- : 0.145
- : 19 May 2006
- : 194mm X 127mm X 12mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Gregory Maguire
- : Paperback
- : 197
- : illustrations