Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird
Vivian Vande Velde
128 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 015205572X
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Language: English
Publish: 1122879600000
ChildrensFairy Tale RetellingsFairy TalesFantasyFictionHumorMiddle GradeRetellingsShort StoriesYoung Adult
Welcome to the fairy-tale world where Hansel and Gretel are horrible children who deserve to be baked and where Beauty is dismayed when her beloved Beast turns human. In the realm of the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird, when the sky really does fall, Chicken Little becomes the leader of a religious movement, gets her own TV show, collects millions of dollars to build a theme park, and then makes off with the money.
These tongue-in-cheek interpretations of more than a dozen favorite fairy tales will have readers in stitches.