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Gr 2-Up The team who dreamed up the hilarious "There's a Wolf at the Door"(Roaring Brook, 2008) is back with princess fairy tales that are as fluid as they are fractured. This colorful, oversize graphic novel is packed with puns, witticisms, and sarcastic asides. It opens as Cinderella-whose real name turns out to be Ashley-tries on the glass slipper and it fits. "My princess! Marry me!" says handsome Prince Dennis. "My prince! Okay!" says Cinderella. Before you know it, they have a daughter. A certain witch who is not invited to the chri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Through a heretofore-unknown series of marriages and births, the Alleys create an impressive royal lineage that links Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, the Frog Prince and his bride, and Destiny, a princess with a pea-sized sleeping problem. As in their previous joint outing (There's a Wolf at the Door, rev. 11/08), author and illustrator acknowledge this huge undertaking with an oversized book that begs groups of children to g...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The Alleys create an impressive royal lineage that links Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, etc. As in <i>There's a Wolf ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The heroines of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Frog Prince, and The Princess and the Pea are linked together to hilarious effect. Ru...Log In or Sign Up to Read More