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Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales
by: Gregory Maguire

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780060564193
ISBN: 0060564199
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: March 01, 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: February 21, 2006
Studio: HarperCollins
Sales Rank: 262126

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

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.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- leaping
easy reading . had to think of the original stories to see the changes. great imagination that is for sure. I do like G Maguire books.

Rating:

- Stories Vary in Quality
This collection of fractured fairy tales as this growing genre is getting to become known does vary dramatically from story to story. Leaping Beauty the title story is pretty average and pretty much the original just with animal characters but the higher quality where the author has included a bit of his own creativity and humour that you were probably looking for is achieved with later stories such as Rumplesnakeskin, Hamster and Gerbil and Goldiefox and the Three Chickens. Overall this collection has enough good stories to check it out if it's reasonably priced or on the shelf in your local library but I wouldn't fork out a lot of money for it.

Much better competitors in this genre are out there such as Porkenstein by Kathryn Laskya sequel to the Three Little Pigs where the remaining ... Read More

Rating:

- Back in the Jeanstalk
Maguire strikes again, this time putting all the familiar titles through the wringer. Most of his metamorphoses are clever, but "So What and the Seven Giraffes" seems to be stretching things (no pun intended) a bit. What's next, Mr. Maguire - a take-off on the Road Runner called "Beepers Creepers"? Thumbs not exactly up on this one. I recommend The War of Mirrors.

Rating:

- To Be Swallowed
What is it with this guy? I'll tell you something, he found a niche and is really working it. It's a good thing he works it well!!

Gregory Maguire (author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Wicked, among many others) turns well-known fairy tales on their heel (or hoof, paw, sticky digit...whatever) in Leaping Beauty, and Other Animal Fairy Tales. This book, recommended for youth 8-12 but really enjoyable for all, tells us the untold stories of characters like Goldiefox and the Three Chicks, So What and the Seven Giraffes, and Leaping Beauty herself. There are 8 stories in all, and certainly best enjoyed read aloud.

Though Maguire tones down his acerbic wit for the young crowd, these stories leave plenty of opportunities for uncomfortable conversation with your child. ... Read More

Rating:

- Clever
Lovers of word play will appreciate this book. The writer's newfound popularity, based on the success of "Wicked", has brought his other works to light to be enjoyed for any number of reasons.

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