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Fairy Tales: The Villain's Version

By Kaye Umansky
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The villains are the stars of the show in these four hilarious fractured fairy tales from queen of funny, Kaye Umansky. A curse on a spindle goes awry for Grimbleshanks, the Queen plots against Snow White, stepsisters Lardine and Angula bemoan their new sister Ella, and Old Maggit schemes to win the Wickedest Witch Contest with her sweet house. Classic tales like Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel are re-told in a delightfully mischievous way.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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The villains are the stars of the show in these four hilarious fractured fairy tales from Kaye Umansky.

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The villains are the stars of the show in these four hilarious fractured fairy tales from queen of funny, Kaye Umansky.


A curse involving a spindle goes terribly wrong for poor old Grimbleshanks. The Queen decides it's time for silly, soppy Snow White to go. Lardine and Angula aren't at all happy about having Ella for a stepsister. Old Maggit just wants to win the Wickedest Witch Contest with her house made of sweets. This is Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel, re-told like you've never seen them before!

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"[Umansky's] twists on the tales are very readable and very funny too and this collection is highly recommended" – LoveReading4Kids "So much fun to read … Kaye Umansky has created a gift for teachers and people working with young people to read aloud to them" – Just Imagine Wickedly funny – Andy Stanton

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781128534

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Edition: Omnibus edition

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Mike Phillips
  • Illustrated by Gerald Kelley
  • Illustrated by Alexandre Honore
  • Illustrated by Stefano Tambellini
  • Cover design or artwork by Linzie Hunter
  • Illustrated by Mike Phillips

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 256

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dyslexia-Friendly Books Kaye Umansky Young Adult

About the Author

Kaye Umansky began life as a teacher and turned to writing after the birth of her daughter. She is now the author of many well-loved books including Pass the Jam, Jim and Pongwiffy. 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of Pongwiffy which has been celebrated with repromotion and brand new editions. She is a marvellous performer of her own work and a jazz singer in her own time. Mike Phillips was born in Guyana, came to Britain as a child and grew up in London. A journalist, broadcaster and university lecturer before becoming a full time writer, his series of crime fiction novels began with ‘Blood Rights’ (1989), adapted for BBC television, and his reputation as a historian was established with ‘Windrush: The Irresistible Rise of Multi-Racial Britain’ (1998). Mike writes for the Guardian, and works as Cross Cultural curator at Tate Britain.

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