The complete Newfangled Fairy Tales all in one book!

This collection of twenty contemporary fairy tales puts a delightful new spin on classic stories and themes. The Big Bad Wolf is running a successful scam on Little Red's Grandma until Little Red catches him in the act. The Three Bears invade Goldy's house because their forest home is being stripped to build a super highway. A clever princess pays a dragon to lose a fight so she can marry the man she loves. Michelle Koszlowski desperately wants to be a princess until her wish comes true and she discovers what a pain royal life can be. The Little Tailor brags to everyone about his bravery until a giant comes along and teaches him a lesson. Rapunzel is held captive in a high-rise apartment by an urban witch who owns a pizza parlor. Hansel is so obsessed with candy that he steals Gretel's piggy bank and runs off to the Old Witch's Candy Factory.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 7-13 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2015 by Simon & Schuster .

Editor Bruce Lansky works with schools and bookshops to test his poems on thousands of pre-school and primary age schoolchildren to discover the ones they like the best.