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Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement....
9) The firebird
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Russian folktale in which Prince Ivan encounters the magical Firebird who helps him defeat the evil Kostchei. Includes vignettes of the ballet at the bottom of each page, and an author's note with information about the folktale and the George Balanchine ballet.
10) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
From one of America's most celebrated writers comes an exquisite and heartwrenching novel that no listener will forget. Jane Yolen takes the fairy tale of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty, and tells it anew-set this time against the terrifying backdrop of the Holocaust. Briar Rose is easily Yolen's greatest accomplishment-blend of beautiful myth and dark history.
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