Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist

by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Jane Yolen

Book Overview

What were all those fairy-tale characters thinking? Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich answer this question in paired poems, with sometimes startling results.

The Princess claims all those mattresses kept her awake--not a silly pea--while the poor pea complains that the princess snores. One Snow White begs the witch to settle by the bay and throw that mirror away. Another boldly tells the mirror she "won't be guided by a glass that's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590788672
• ISBN13: 9781590788677
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Wordsong
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5