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Untold tales
By Brooke, William J.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06020-272-9
- Publisher
- New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c1992.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1992
Gr 7-9 The author of A Telling of the Tales (HarperCollins, 1990) has written four more original renditions of fairy tales. The Frog Prince has become a workaholic king, leaving his queen to pine for the old days with her green, slimy playmate. Beauty is a sweet and homely girl, while the Beast is an uncommonly handsome young man with a cruelly cold personality. An aging Prince Charming arrives 25 years late to awaken Sleeping Beauty, now a 45-year-old widow. In the last story, which begins with the Prince and Aurora frozen with smiles on their faces wondering why they...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
