Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book #2: Classic Stories with a Funny Twist [Library Binding]

Bruce Lansky (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

This collection of ten fairy tales puts a humorous spin on classic stories. Rumpelstiltskin is a 1930s private eye; Rapunzel is held captive by an urban witch in a high-rise block of flats, and the Little Tailor brags about his bravery until a giant teaches him a lesson.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The dialogue is cool, the farce is wild, and kids will appreciate how the damsels in distress make their own happy endings." --Booklist

"Recommended." --Publishers Weekly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Econo-Clad Books (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613159233
• ISBN-13: 978-0613159234
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,102,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bruce Lansky is the #1 author of baby-name books in North America. His other name books include: What's Your Baby's Name, Baby Names Around the World, The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, The Very Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, 55000+ Baby Names, 25,000+ Baby Names, The Baby Name Survey Book, and the Mother of All Baby Names. He is also editor of a successful series of humor books, children's poetry books, and children's fiction.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet funny book, January 14, 2008

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Mrstding "Tracy" (Denham Springs, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book 2 (Paperback)

I just had to buy this to go along with the first. As a lover of fairy tales one might feel that they had read them all. Not so with this book. A great find!