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Tag: Fairy Tales

October 14, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Rat Queen by Pete Hautman

An excellent story about truth, betrayal, responsibility, and consequences. A fantastic read.

November 10, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Is this just a list of gushing love and appreciation instead of an actual professional-sounding book review? YES.

February 13, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

When Fairy Tales Meet Filipino Legends: The Stories That Shaped My Childhood, a guest post by Rin Chupeco

In her new book, Wicked As You Wish, Chupeco celebrates the outsiders, the people who grew up with varying cultures and influences and who sometimes felt like there wasn’t any place they completely belong.

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Tale as Old as Time: Fairy Tales, Mythology and Folktales Retold – a booklist for the 2020 SRP reading theme

January 27, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A list of middle grade and young adult fairy tale retellings for the 2020 summer reading theme Imagine Your Story.

Book Review: Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by Liesl Shurtliff

May 29, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description From the New York Times bestselling author of Rump, comes the true story behind another unlikely hero: a grumpy dwarf who gets tangled up in Snow White’s feud with the wicked queen. Ever since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed “Grump”) has dreamed of visiting The Surface, so when opportunity knocks, he leaves his cavern home […]

Book Review: Beast in the Mirror by Laura Bradley Rede

March 31, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

In Beast in the Mirror, a novella by Laura Bradley Rede, the story of Beauty and the Beast is reimagined with an interesting twist—Beast is a girl.   17-year-old Bella, a model, is just out of rehab for anorexia. She flies to Ireland to meet up with her cousin James, a photographer. Bella explains that […]

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