Leaping Beauty
And Other Animal Fairy Tales
by Gregory Maguire
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Editions of Leaping Beauty
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Publisher Harper Audio |
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Price None Available |
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Publisher Findaway World Llc |
Date 2008 |
Price None Available |
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Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books |
Date 2006 |
Price $2.99 |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books |
Date 2004 |
Price $1.00 |
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Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover |
Publisher Harpercollins |
Date 2004 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Notes
Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairy tales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliant, funny, and nationally best-selling author of the adult novel Wicked as well as the hilarious middle-grade series the Hamlet Chronicles.
Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that the ageless, exquisite Cinderella could be recast as the silly story of an enormous yet lovable elephant who plods along to the ball with glass pie plates on her feet; or that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes, and one very bad walrus.
Accompanying these hilarious stories are delightfully witty pictures by Chris L. Demarest, master of black line and droll humor.
Media Reviews
"Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound. Children will be screaming with laughter, not matter if they get it or not, and adults will be convulsed....Dizzingly funny."
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