Overview
From the beloved children's book duo, Jeanne and William Steig, comes six classic fairy tales retold with a refreshing twist that will keep you laughing from beginning to end! ""Is it Crumple or Blister, or Guggle or Nank? Williwaw, Flimflam, or Hiccup or Clank?"" Says the Queen to Rumplestiltskin, of course! In this delightfully odd and sublime collection of six classic fairy tales, Jeanne and William Steig put a quirky twist on ""Rumplestiltskin,"" ""Beauty and the Beast,"" ""Hansel and Gretel,"" ""Little Red Riding Hood,"" ""The Frog Prince,"" and ""Jack and the Beanstalk."" Retold in illustrated verse, A Handful of Beans is a wry and highly amusing take on the tales you thought you knew.
Full Product Details
Author: Jeanne Steig ,
William Steig
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:
Width: 22.10cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 16.30cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781481439619
ISBN 10: 1481439618
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 02 February 2016
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Jeanne Steig sets off words like skipping stones, and William Steig's wry drawings are sublime. -- The New Yorker A splendid collaboration... There is never a dull moment. -- Starred, Publishers Weekly Clearly Jeanne Steig belongs among the great light versifiers. -- The Washington Post Book World
"""Jeanne Steig sets off words like skipping stones, and William Steig's wry drawings are sublime.""--"" The New Yorker""""A splendid collaboration... There is never a dull moment.""-- Starred, "" Publishers Weekly""""Clearly Jeanne Steig belongs among the great light versifiers.""--"" The Washington Post Book World"""
Author Information
Jeanne Steig is the author of several books for children including, most notably, Consider the Lemming, The Old Testament Made Easy, Alpha Beta Chowder, A Handful of Beans, and A Gift from Zeus; all of which were illustrated by her late husband and award-winning author/illustrator, William Steig. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts. William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of award-winning books for children. Most notably Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, for which he received the Caldecott Medal; The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor book; Amos & Boris, a National Book Award Finalist; and Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor books. Steig is also the creator of Shrek! which inspired the Dreamworks films. Steig also received the Christopher Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the William Allen White Children's Book Award, the America Book Award, and Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also the US nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards as an illustrator in 1982, and then as an author in 1988. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Steig, and four children.
