| Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales Contributor(s): Maguire, Gregory (Author), Demarest, Chris L. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0060564199 ISBN-13: 9780060564193 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: From the bestselling author of the adult novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"--the basis for the hit Broadway musical--comes this unique take on eight classic fairy tales. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Pets |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5" W x 7.62" (0.32 lbs) 224 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 80737 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, doomed to be Weeping Beauty forever? What if the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant lost her glass plate slipper? Then you'd have this hilarious collection of twisted fairy tales from the master of the absurd, Gregory Maguire |
Contributor Bio(s): Demarest, Chris L.: - Chris L. Demarest, illustrator of many children's books, including Firefighters A to Z, I Invited a Dragon to Dinner, Mayday! Mayday!, T. Rex at Swan Lake, and the Supertwins series, lives in Claremont, New Hampshire. Maguire, Gregory: -Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Now a beloved classic, Wicked is the basis for a blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts. |