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Gr 8 Up—Not exactly a book of fairy tales, these illustrated short stories are more a series of ruminations interwoven with dreams and fairy tales. Classic elements are here—there's a girl in a red hooded cloak, and a girl who wears a ribbon around her throat—but the entries expand and wander in different (and darker) directions. The illustrations (done in ink and graphite on Bristol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Carroll crafts five unsettling tales in graphic-novel format inspired by common folkloric themes -- from wolves in the woods to peculiar visitors to dark possessions. In "Our Neighbor's House," three sisters who find themselves alone in a cabin are taken, one by one, in the middle of the night by a smiling stranger. In "A Lady's Hands Are Cold," a young bride is tormented by the singing corpse of her new husband's first wife, dismembered and disposed of within the walls of his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Five unsettling tales in graphic-novel format are inspired by common folkloric themes--from wolves in the woods to peculiar visitors to dark pos...Log In or Sign Up to Read More