A Fairy Tale Revolution Series
Fairy tales at their best, capture the imagination and put the ordinary into the extraordinary. But lets face it most of these old tales are full of sexism, ableism and racism. So we’re delighted by this new fairy tale revolution series which has old classics retold by some of our favourite female writers. Order them today.
A Fairy Tale Revolution Series
A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories.
Hansel and Greta by Jeanette Winterson and Laura Barrett (Illustrator)
Jeanette Winterson retells 'Hansel and Gretel'.
'Deep in the wood'
Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction.
GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn't appreciate Hansel and Greta's plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they're horrible little vegetarians.
GreedyGuts doesn't give two hoots about nature. She favours luxury and living it up: eating, shopping and partying hard. And so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder kids...deep in the wood.
Duckling by Kamila Shamsie and Laura Barrett (Illustrator)
Kamila Shamsie retells ‘The Ugly Duckling’.
‘A duck unlike other ducks. A raincloud-duck, with the heart of a lion, who struck out into the world on her own…’
On the farm, some eggs are hatching. A flock of sweet ducklings are popping out. But one duckling looks different from all the others…
Cast out and all alone, this odd duckling will need all her bravery and curiosity to survive. Her journey is a search for belonging, but what she finds is the right to be different.
Cinderella Liberator by Rebecca Solnit and Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)
Rebecca Solnit retells ‘Cinderella’.
‘She looked like a girl who was evening, and an evening that had become a girl…’
In the kitchen, in her rags, Cinderella, longs to go to the ball. After all, there is nothing worse than not being invited to the party. Enter her fairy godmother...
But that is where the familiar story ends. Cinderella's transformation turns out to be much less about ballgowns, glass slippers and carriages, and much more about finding her truest self. Finally free from the kitchen cinders, who will she turn out to be?
Blueblood by Malorie Blackman and Laura Barrett (Illustrator)
Malorie Blackman retells ‘Bluebeard’.
‘Please don’t even try to get down to the basement. Just leave it alone – okay? Otherwise you’ll ruin things for both of us…’
Nia has met the man she wants to marry. Marcus is kind, clever and handsome, with a beard so dark it is nearly blue-black. Nia demands a single promise from him – that Marcus will never enter her study in the basement, her private space.
But when Marcus’s curiosity begins to mount Nia feels more and more uneasy. Will he betray her? Can he accept that no means no? Can a woman ever have a room of her own?
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