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Loading... Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Talesby Gregory Maguire
Very cute lighthearted retellings of fairy tales casting animals as the main characters - CinderElephant, Rumpled Snake Skin, Little Red Robin Hood, etc. - and moving them to some slightly more modern milleus (for instance, the gold being spun by Rumpled Snake Skin is to fund endless re-shoots of a trashy horror movie). Cute and appealing enough for kids (although not little kids - some big vocab) but with a healthy dose of snarky humor for grownups who like their fairy tales just a little bit bent. 2   fyrefly98 | Apr 5, 2007 | 
A fun, light, read, by the same author who wrote darker "Wicked" and "Son of a Witch." Older children, teenagers, and adults should enjoy this. (  ) eliorajoy | Sep 6, 2009 | Includes: Leaping Beauty -- Goldiefox and the three Chickens -- Hamster and Gerbil -- So What and the seven Giraffes -- Little Red Robin Hood -- The three little Penguins and the big bad Walrus -- Cinderelephant -- Rumplesnakeskin. Lv2ReadB | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncorrected proof  paris-pace | Mar 21, 2009 | My teacher read part of it to me. (  ) divaqueen456 | Mar 11, 2009 | Very cute lighthearted retellings of fairy tales casting animals as the main characters - CinderElephant, Rumpled Snake Skin, Little Red Robin Hood, etc. - and moving them to some slightly more modern milleus (for instance, the gold being spun by Rumpled Snake Skin is to fund endless re-shoots of a trashy horror movie). Cute and appealing enough for kids (although not little kids - some big vocab) but with a healthy dose of snarky humor for grownups who like their fairy tales just a little bit bent. ( )2 fyrefly98 | Apr 5, 2007 | |
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