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This book is a real delight...A thought-provoking take on familiar, well-loved stories, ideal for anyone who can't get enough fairy tales. --Booklist * Abundantly magical --Publishers Weekly, starred review Ten familiar Western tales are buffed up, inventively recast, and infused with tenderness and warm good humor. --Kirkus Within the context of varied tellers and points of view, the gist of the classic stories remains largely intact, but McKay brings her own warm, insightful humor into the magical world. --Horn Book

This book is a real delight...A thought-provoking take on familiar, well-loved stories, ideal for anyone who can't get enough fairy tales. --Booklist

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Hilary McKay is the award-winning author of The Time of Green Magic (which received five starred reviews), The Skylarks' War (which was a Boston Globe Best Book and received three starred reviews), Binny Bewitched (which was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and received two starred reviews), Binny in Secret (which received three starred reviews), Binny for Short (which received four starred reviews), and six novels about the Casson family: Saffy's Angel, Indigo's Star, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose, and Caddy's World. She is also the author of The Swallows' Flight, Rosa by Starlight, and Wishing for Tomorrow, the sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess. Hilary lives with her family in Derbyshire, England. Visit her at HilaryMcKay.co.uk. Sarah Gibb studied at Saint Martin's School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) before completing her MA in illustration at Brighton College of Art. She illustrated Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series, many classic children's fairy tales and even the Harrods Christmas window display. She lives in Wandsworth, London.

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