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Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Respun is a classic fairy-tale collection to treasure. Featuring Hilary McKay's imaginative retellings of key favourites, this ten-story collection includes the much-loved tales of Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Swan Brothers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Red Riding Hood, the Twelve Dancing Princesses and Hansel and Gretel.
This gorgeous gift book features black-and-white line and tone illustrations throughout from the talented Sarah Gibb.
List of contents
- Introduction - i: Introduction
- Chapter - 1: The Tower and the Bird or Rapunzel
- Chapter - 2: Straw into Gold or Rumpelstiltskin
- Chapter - 3: The Roses Round the Palace or Cinderella
- Chapter - 4: The Fountain in the Market Square or The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Chapter - 5: Chickenpox and Crystal or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
- Chapter - 6: The Prince and the Problem or The Princess and the Pea
- Chapter - 7: Over the Hills and Far Away or Red Riding Hood and the Piper's Son
- Chapter - 8: Things Were Different in Those Days or The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Chapter - 9: What I Did in the Holidays and Why Hansel's Jacket Is So Tight (by Gretel, aged 10) or Hansel and Gretel
- Chapter - 10: Sweet William by Rushlight or The Swan Brothers
- Section - ii: About the Author
- Section - iii: About the Illustrator
- Section - iv: Bibliography/Further Reading
About the author
Hilary McKay is a critically acclaimed award-winning author. She won the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings. Her 2018 title, The Skylarks' War, marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and was the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It is a classic in the making.Sarah Gibb studied at Saint Martin’s School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) before completing her MA in Illustration at Brighton College of Art. After landing regular spots in the Telegraph and Elle magazine, Sarah went on to illustrate Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series, many classic children's fairy tales and even the Harrods Christmas window display. She lives in Wandsworth, London.
Summary
Beautiful fairy tale retellings from Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning author Hilary McKay.
Foreword
Beautiful fairy tale retellings from Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning author Hilary McKay.
Additional text
Hilary McKay has re-written ten well-known fairy tales with her usual charm and warmth. I love them! ... You want to read this collection, and you want to come to it fresh, to see what Hilary has done with our old favourites. How she has made them into new favourites. This is really something.
