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Tag Archives: fairy tale
Fairest of all retold fairy tales
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Seems like everyone is rewriting fairy tales these days, but Levine’s Fairest has to be one of the best out there. Fairest gives us an ugly Snow White. Her name is Aza, and sure enough, she’s white … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, fairest, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, fantasy, Gail Carson Levine, YA
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A literary Peter Pan: review of Tiger Lily
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson This book totally surprised me. I was skeptical of the idea of a Peter Pan re-telling from Tiger Lily’s perspective, narrated by none other than Tinker Bell. So weird. And I’ve never been a … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, Jodi Lynn Anderson, literature, love story, peter pan, romance, tiger lily, ya fantasy novel, young adult
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Stardust and my new author-hero Neil Gaiman
Stardust by Neil Gaiman As many of you know, I have a new author-hero: Neil Gaiman. I’ve started to read everything he’s ever written. OK so I’m only on the fourth book, but I do intend to keep reading until … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, fantasy, Neil Gaiman, novels, stardust
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Fantastic Fairy Tale: Opal by Kristina Wojtaszek
Opal by Kristina Wojtaszek This is the story of an owl who is changed into a girl when her mother dies— which seems almost the reverse of your usual fairy tale when the changing happens the other way. In Opal, … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, fantasy, Kristina Wojtaszek, opal, snow white, YA, young adult
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Fantastic Recommends: Cinder
Cinder by Marissa Meyer Cinder has a problem with her foot. It’s the wrong size. Not her shoe, her foot. Because Cinder is a cyborg. Intriguing twist on Cinderella huh? Fairy tales seem to be made to be re-told and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinder, Cyborg, fairy tale, fantasy, Marissa Meyer, sci-fi, YA, young adult
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Odd and the genius of Neil Gaiman
Odd and The Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman This is a story for kids and for adults, in typical Gaiman style. Odd is a twelve-year-old Norse boy with a twisted foot, a terrible step-dad, and an annoyingly constant smile. One … Continue reading
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Tagged childeren's books, fairy tale, fantasy, myth, Neil Gaiman, norse, Odd and The Frost Giants
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Book v. Movie and Howl’s Moving Castle
In the ongoing battle over which is better: the book or the movie, I’m usually on the book side. However, Howl’s Moving Castle is a special case: the book is fantastic and so is the movie—but they are almost completely … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, book, diana wynne jones, fairy tale, fantasy, Hayao Miyazaki, howl's moving castle, movie, YA, young adut
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Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and the adult “children’s book”
Wow. This is one terrific, terrible book! Let me explain… Coraline is about a young girl who likes exploring and finds a hidden door to another world… so far a pretty common premise for a “children’s book,” right? But what’s … Continue reading