From Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times bestselling author Adam
Gidwitz
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Did you know that Cinderella's stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by
birds? Really. And that
Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half? And that in "The Mouse, the
Bird, and the Sausage," a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each
other? (Okay, I guess that one's not that grim.)
Those are the real fairy tales. But they have nothing on the fairy tales
in this book.
For more twisted tales look for A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass
Grimmly.
* "Underneath the gore, the wit, and the trips to Hell and back, this
book makes it clearer than ever that Gidwitz truly cares about the kids
he writes for." --Publishers Weekly starred review
"Entertaining story-mongering, with traditional and original tropes
artfully intertwined."--Kirkus Reviews
"As innovative as they are traditional, the stories maintain clear
connections with traditional Grimm tales while creatively connecting to
the narrative, and all the while keeping the proceedings undeniably
grisly and lurid. . . .Readers will rejoice."--School Library Journal