Tag: Fairy Tales

Book Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen
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Book Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen

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Title: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Tachyon Publications Paperback: 240 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository Fantasy legend Jane Yolen (The Emerald Circus, The Devil’s Arithmetic) delights with this effortlessly wide-ranging offering of fractured fairy tales. Yolen fractures the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets, holding them to… Continue reading Book Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen

Book Review: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
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Book Review: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth

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Title: Bitter Greens Author: Kate Forsyth Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Hardcover: 496 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time in this breathtaking tale of desire, black magic and the redemptive power of love French novelist Charlotte-Rose… Continue reading Book Review: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth

Book Review: Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip
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Book Review: Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip

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Title: Winter Rose Author: Patricia McKillip Series: Winter Rose, Book 1 Publisher: Ace Paperback: 262 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Sorrow and trouble and bitterness will bound you and yours and the children of yours… Some said the dying words of Nial Lynn, murdered by his own son, were a wicked curse.… Continue reading Book Review: Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip

Book Review: Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin
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Book Review: Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

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Title: Snow & Rose Author: Emily Winfield Martin Illustrator: Emily Winfield Martin Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Hardcover: 224 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Snow and Rose didn’t know they were in a fairy tale. People never do…. Once, they lived in a big house with spectacular gardens and an army of servants. Once,… Continue reading Book Review: Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

Book Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
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Book Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

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Title: The Sleeper and the Spindle Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Chris Riddell Publisher: Bloomsbury Hardcover: 71 Source: Chicago Public Library, Overdrive Summary: (taken from Goodreads) A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell – weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of… Continue reading Book Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Book Review: The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
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Book Review: The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley

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Title: The Door in the Hedge Author: Robin McKinley Publisher: Firebird Paperback: 224 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Robin McKinley here spins two new fairy tales and retells two cherished classics. All feature princesses touched with or by magic. There is Linadel, who lives in a kingdom next to Faerieland, where princesses are stolen away on their… Continue reading Book Review: The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley

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Audiobook Review: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

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Title: Enchanted Author: Alethea Kontis Series: Woodcutter Sisters, Book 1 Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Publisher: Brilliance Audio Duration: 7 hours, 46 minutes Summary: (taken from Goodreads) It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Audiobook Review: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
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Audiobook Review: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

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Title: The Goose Girl Author: Shannon Hale Narrators: Various Publisher: Full Cast Audio Series: Books of Bayern, Book 1 Duration: 10 hours, 12 minutes Summary: (taken from Goodreads) She can whisper to horses and communicate with birds, but the crown princess Ani has a difficult time finding her place in the royal family and measuring… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale