The Great Fairy Tale Disaster
The Great Fairy Tale Disaster

Author: David Conway

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2014-07-03

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1444923382

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A follow up to the bestselling The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster. Fairy tales have never been funnier than in this outrageously silly picture book! Once upon a time there lived an old Big Bad Wolf. He no longer has any huff and puff to blow down the Three Little Pigs' houses so he scampers off into the pages of the Fairy Tale book to find a new one. He tries one tale after another, but things never quite work to plan. Will he find a fairy tale that suits him perfectly? With all the well-known and well-loved fairy tales, including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 'It's madness and mayhem which results in a very funny, laugh out loud book.' The Bookbag http://www.davidconwaychildrensbooks.co.uk/

The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales
The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales

Author: Emily Brewes

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 145974702X

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An astounding tale of a dangerous quest, a talking dog, and fragmented fairy tales in an eerie post-climate collapse future. A long time ago, the Vanderchucks fled the growing climate disaster and followed their neighbours into the Underground. Jesse Vanderchuck thought it was the end. Of the world. Of life. Eventually, Jesse’s little sister, Olivia, ran away and Jesse started picking through trash heaps in Toronto’s abandoned subway tunnels. Day in, day out. Now, years later, Jesse meets a talking dog. Fighting illness and the hostile world aboveground, Jesse and Doggo embark on a fool’s errand to find Olivia — or die trying. Along the way, Jesse spins a series of fairy tales from threads of memories, weaving together the past, present, and future into stories of brave girls, of cunning lads, of love in the face of wickedness, and of hope in the midst of despair.

The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster
The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster

Author: David Conway

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1444925008

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Little Miss Muffet is bored of her own nursery rhyme so goes in search of a new nursery rhyme to be in. But before you can say Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, the whole book of rhymes is thrown into chaos! With some of the most favourite rhymes, including The Grand Old Duke of York, Jack and Jill, Hickory, Dickory, Dock, Ding, Dong, Bell, Hey Diddle, Diddle, Sing a song of Sixpence, The Queen of Hearts, and Little Miss Muffet. "Melanie Williamson's illustrations are eye-catchingly quirky and superbly original." - The Observer http://www.davidconwaychildrensbooks.co.uk/

Heckedy Peg
Heckedy Peg

Author: Audrey Wood

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780152336790

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A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.

My First Chinese New Year
My First Chinese New Year

Author: Karen Katz

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780805070767

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A girl and her family prepare for and celebrate Chinese New Year.

When the World Is Ready for Bed
When the World Is Ready for Bed

Author: Gillian Shields

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-12-17

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 161963113X

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A family of rabbits go through their end-of-day routine, from having their tea to brushing their teeth, sharing a story and being tucked up in bed, until they peek out of the window and see something that's a change from their usual routine in this classic picture book. With delectable art and warm, lyrical text, this is a thoroughly modern picture book with strong echoes of books such as The Velveteen Rabbit and the works of Beatrix Potter.

Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale

Author: Stephen King

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-06-25

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 1668052679

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"Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours." --

Goldibooks and the Wee Bear
Goldibooks and the Wee Bear

Author: Troy Wilson

Publisher: Running Press Kids

Published: 2021-01-12

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 0762496193

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Wee Bear is in desperate search of something new to read in this book-loving picture book retelling of the classic fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In this adorable reimagining of the beloved classic, Wee Bear is on the hunt for something new to read. As he sets off through the woods, he stumbles upon Goldibooks's house. While she and her parents are out for a walk, Wee Bear makes himself at home. But Mama's books are too hard (hardcovers) and Papa's are too soft (paperbacks). Thankfully, Goldibooks's book collection is juuuust right! With a pile of books in-hand, Wee Bear sits down to read. But Mama's chair is too hard, and Papa's chair is too soft. Thankfully, Goldibook's chair is juuuuust right! Exhausted from reading so many books, Wee Bear tucks himself into bed. But Mama's bed is too hard, and Papa's bed is too soft. Thankfully, Goldibooks's bed is juuuust right! And that's where Goldibooks and her parents find him when they return home from their walk. As the story unfolds from there, readers are reminded that the best books are those we share with friends.

Love, Power, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century French Fairy Tales
Love, Power, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century French Fairy Tales

Author: Bronwyn Reddan

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2020-12

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1496223934

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Love is a key ingredient in the stereotypical fairy-tale ending in which everyone lives happily ever after. This romantic formula continues to influence contemporary ideas about love and marriage, but it ignores the history of love as an emotion that shapes and is shaped by hierarchies of power including gender, class, education, and social status. This interdisciplinary study questions the idealization of love as the ultimate happy ending by showing how the conteuses, the women writers who dominated the first French fairy-tale vogue in the 1690s, used the fairy-tale genre to critique the power dynamics of courtship and marriage. Their tales do not sit comfortably in the fairy-tale canon as they explore the good, the bad, and the ugly effects of love and marriage on the lives of their heroines. Bronwyn Reddan argues that the conteuses' scripts for love emphasize the importance of gender in determining the "right" way to love in seventeenth-century France. Their version of fairy-tale love is historical and contingent rather than universal and timeless. This conversation about love compels revision of the happily-ever-after narrative and offers incisive commentary on the gendered scripts for the performance of love in courtship and marriage in seventeenth-century France.

Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood

Author: Andrew Flaxman

Publisher: SteinerBooks

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0880105712

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Patricia DeLisa brings us a beautifully illustrated and important contribution to the literature of fairy tales. In his insightful commentary, Andrew Flaxman helps us understand the deeper meaning behind this story and fairy tales in general.