Leaping Beauty

By: Gregory Maguire

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Hardcover | 1 May 2005

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Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairytales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliantly funny author of the adult novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as of the hilarious middle–grade series, The Hamlet Chronicles.

Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy– tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes; and one very bad walrus.

Ages 8–12

Industry Reviews

" . eight deeply and profoundly silly stories..Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound..Dizzylingly funny." -- Kirkus Reviews *starred review* " . a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers." -- ALA Booklist Here are amusing retellings of eight familiar fairy tales with the characters as animals, --New York Times Book Review eight deeply and profoundly silly stories. Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound. Dizzylingly funny. --Kirkus Reviews *starred review* a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers. --ALA Booklist " ... eight deeply and profoundly silly stories....Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound....Dizzylingly funny."--Kirkus Reviews *starred review* " ... a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers."--ALA Booklist "Here are amusing retellings of eight familiar fairy tales with the characters as animals, ... "--New York Times Book Review

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