Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Magic Carpet Books)
by Vivian Vande Velde
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Author: Vivian Vande VeldeIllustrator: Brad Weinman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-01
ISBN: 015205572X
Number of pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Magic Carpet Books
Book Reviews of Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Magic Carpet Books)
Book Review: Positively Warped...and Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I do believe that I may wind up with a shelf full of Vivian Vande Velde books! This is our second from this author and we are positively smitten! I love this just as much as the Girl does! They are clever, sly, and just the right amount of twisted to honor the originals but provide the reader with something entirely different in the end (and just as satisfying)! As one reviewer noted, Vande Velde really does challenge our notion of how the character's are, turning good into bad and ugly into beautiful and more, you get little snippets (like ads and commercials built in, so that nearly every classic children's tale is addressed here in come fashion...and each with the Vande Velde twist). The best stories in the bunch are the Rumplestiltskin retelling (the best in the book) and the Jack and the Bean Stalk one! I enjoyed the truly hideous (and clearly sociopath) Hansel and Gretel retelling...nicely done!! I'll be adding this to my growing collection! I give it a B+, it's good, twisted reading...but some of the stories felt more like first drafts than full fledged retellings, but still well worth the read despite this! Kids 8-12 will LOVE this book!
Summary of Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Magic Carpet Books)
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.
These tongue-in-cheek interpretations of more than a dozen favorite fairy tales will have readers in stitches.
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