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
Reviews
" . eight deeply and profoundly silly stories..Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound..Dizzylingly funny." -- Kirkus Reviews *starred review*
