![]() ![]() These are fabulous, feminist retellings of popular fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty, The Princess and the Pea and Cinderella as well as lesser known tales like T oads and Diamonds and the Golden Goose. Gail Carson Levine also wrote a series of short stories, now published in one hardcover volume titled The Fairy's Return and other Princess Tales, or in two paperback volumes titled Princess Tales, Volume 1 and Princess Tales, Volume 2. For those of you who saw the movie, the book is completely different and please, please don't judge the book by the movie. ![]() ![]() Ella Enchanted, a spectacular book by Gail Carson Levine is probably the most famous in this genre. I have always loved fairy tales and have really enjoyed the growing genre I'll call fairy tale re-telling. However, it is her first published book, Beauty, that has been a favorite of mine since I first read it. Robin McKinley has won a Newbery Award for The Hero and the Crow n, as well as a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword. ![]()
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