Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold

By Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Book Overview

Set includes: 4 Books (1 each of 4 titles). Bursting with hundreds of facts and the highest quality photography and artwork, these books enthrall and stimulate the minds of struggling readers. Nonfiction titles cover core subjects in a consistent format. Each book, written by an expert in the field, guides the reader methodically through the topic. Difficult terms are spelled phonetically. With over 100 color images per title, readers gain multiple access points to truly engage text. Nonfiction titles are ideal for research, and perfect for a thrilling, fact-filled read. A comprehensive, informative, and highly readable introduction to four interesting topics of science. Written by experts and based on the latest research.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689846134
• ISBN13: 9780689846137
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

seems light, but is haunting

Several months after reading this collection, the final story, "My Swan Sister," continues to pop up in my mind in strange ways. "Greenkid" as well. I enjoyed the entire collection and would recommend it to fairytale-loving kids and adults.

Really Enjoyed The Twist On The Old...

... and the fesh take each author brought to familiar tales. Definite appeal for the right age group--perhaps eleven and up--and probably more for girls than boys, though boys would enjoy it if they would give it a chance! (Hate to be stereotypical, but my experience is that it is the rare male child who will pick up fairy tales, more's the pity.)

A Gorgeous Collection of Stories

This book is a gorgeous collection of stories, each at once familiarand strange.  From the slick prose and grungy setting of Shetterly's"Little Red and the Big Bad" to the opulence of Snyder's "Golden Fur,"to Hoffman's haunting "Chambers of the Heart," these reinvented fairytales are crafted to whisper on even after you've closed the book.