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Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist


School year: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

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No. of pages 40

Published: 2013

Great for age 7-12 years

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What were all those fairy-tale characters thinking? Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich answer this question in paired poems, with sometimes startling results. The Princess claims all those mattresses kept her awakenot a silly peawhile the poor pea complains that the princess snores. One Snow White begs the witch to settle by the bay and throw that mirror away. Another boldly tells the mirror she "won't be guided by a glass that's so one-sided." Grumbles from the Forest is a bewitching brew of voicesgrumbling, pleading, bragging, reminiscing, confidingthat bubbles with magic and wonder. The spectacular paintings that tie the poems together are full of surprise and intrigue. This stunning collection includes end notes that briefly describe the tales and their history and an introduction that invites readers to imagine their own poems from unusual perspectives.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Astra Publishing House .

Matt Mahurin is the illustrator of My Beautiful Child by Lisa Desimini. He is also a photographer, whose work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a filmmaker, who has made over 100 music videos and three feature films. He lives in Northport, NY. Jane Yolen has written almost three hundred books, many of them awardwinners. She lives in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Hatfield, Massachusetts. Rebecca Kai Dotlich is the author of "Lemonade Sun, And Other Summer Poems. "She lives in Carmel, Indiana.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Keystone to Reading Award - Intermediate
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award.

Beehive Award - Poetry
This book was recognised in the Poetry category by the Beehive Award.

Charlotte Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Charlotte Award.

Delaware Diamonds Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Delaware Diamonds Award.

"Yolen and Dotlich refashion 15 classic fairy tales into incisive poems told from dual perspectives. . . Mahurin's inky illustrations make theatrical use of dimension, light, and shadow as the characters bound from their expected roles." -- Publishers Weekly