Children's & Young Adult book reviews by a rather odd duo.
Fractured Fairy Tales
TRADITIONAL GRIMM…WITH A TWIST
- The Fairy-Tale Detective by Michael Buckley (Sisters Grimm Series, age 7-12)
- A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark & Grimm Series, age 8-12)
- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern Series, age 11+)
- The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman (age 12+)
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (age 12+)
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (age 13+)
CLASSICS RETOLD
Beauty and the Beast
- Beauty by Robin McKinley (age 12+)
Norse Folktale
- East by Edith Pattou (age 12+)
- Ice by Sarah Beth Durst (age 12+)
Cinderella
- Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman; illustrated by Julie Paschkis (age 5-9)
- Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley (age 12+)
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (age 12+)
NOT YOUR TYPICAL PRINCESS
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (age 8-12)
- Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (age 11+)
- The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (age 11+)
- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern Series, age 11+)
- Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, age 11+)
- East by Edith Pattou (age 12+)
- Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley (age 12+)
- Beauty by Robin McKinley (age 12+)
ORIGINAL TALES AND FABLES
- Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (age 8-12)
- 3 Dead Princes: An Anarchist Fairy Tale by Danbert Nobacon (age 12+)