Leaping Beauty - And Other Animal Fairy Tales

“ … a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers.” Informationen zum Autor Gregory Maguire  is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of the Wicked Years, a series that includes  Wicked —the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award–winning Broadway musical of the same name and the major motion picture— Son of a Witch ,  A Lion Among Men , and  Out of Oz .   His series Another Day continues the story of Oz with  The Brides of Maracoor , The Oracle of Maracoor , and  The Witch of Maracoor ,   and his other novels include  A Wild Winter Swan , Hiddensee ,  After Alice ,  Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister ,  Lost , and  Mirror Mirror . Some of his novels for children include  Cress Watercress ,  Leaping Beauty ,   and  Egg & Spoon ,   winner of a  Boston Globe–Horn Book  Award Honor. He lives in New England and France. Zusammenfassung Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed. What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, cursed forever to weep, sleep . . . and leap? Or the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldi fox ? What if Cinder-Elephant had the chance to attend the ball of her dreams—can she bake her way to meeting a dashing prince? Zany animals of all species get their own fairy tale endings in these laugh-out-loud twists on the classics from Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked .

Product details

• Authors: Chris L Demarest, Gregory Maguire, Gregory/ Demarest Maguire
• Assisted by: Chris L. Demarest (Illustration), Jim Madsen (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2004
• EAN: 9780060564179
• ISBN: 978-0-06-056417-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Short Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies, JUVENILE FICTION: Ghost Stories *