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Teller of Tales
By Brooke, William J.
- ISBN
- 978-0-06023-399-0
- Publisher
- New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1994
Gr 5-Up Neither the stuff of high fantasy nor low comedy, Brooke's reworked fairy tales wind around in a constant state of re-examination, breaking through the edges of conventional story framing. Readers with a certain level of literate sophistication will chuckle at the sly word play (Nobody could complain about the baker because "everyone needed what he kneaded."). Yet there is a prevailing melancholy, a questioning of th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
