Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales – Zany Twists on Classics with Goldifox and Cinder-Elephant - Softcover

Maguire, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0063438593 ISBN 13: 9780063438590

Verlag: Storytide, 2025

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A gorgeous new edition of the classic collection of fractured fairy tales from Gregory Maguire, nationally bestselling author of Wicked―with new cover and interior artwork and two never-before-published stories!

Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed.

What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, cursed forever to weep, sleep . . . and leap? Or the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant had the chance to attend the ball of her dreams―can she bake her way to meeting a dashing prince?

Zany animals of all species get their own fairy tale endings in this humorous fantasy collection of laugh-out-loud twists on the classics from Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked.

What happens when beloved fairy tales get a zany, animal-centric makeover?

• Twisted Fairy Tales: What if Sleeping Beauty wasn’t a girl at all, but a frog princess cursed to weep, sleep… and leap?
• Animal Fairy Tales: Meet Cinder-Elephant, who hopes to bake her way to the ball, and the Three Chickens who must outwit a clever Goldifox.
• Funny Kids Books: Perfect for young readers who love clever wordplay and stories that are more giggly than grim.
• Middle Grade Fantasy: A must-read from Gregory Maguire, the beloved, nationally bestselling author of the wildly imaginative classic, Wicked.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gregory Maguire is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked―the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award–winning Broadway musical of the same name and the major motion pictures―Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. His series Another Day continues the story of Oz with The Brides of Maracoor, The Oracle of Maracoor, and The Witch of Maracoor, and his other novels include A Wild Winter Swan, Hiddensee, After Alice, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, and Mirror Mirror. Some of his novels for children include Cress Watercress, Leaping Beauty, and Egg & Spoon, winner of a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor. He lives in New England and France.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Storytide
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0063438593
• ISBN 13: 9780063438590
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Madsen Jim
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; HarperCollins, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irland