Newfangled Fairy Tales Book 1 Author:Bruce Lansky Collection of ten contemporary fairy tales puts a delightful new spin on classic stories and themes: — King Midas is a workaholic who'd rather play with his money than attend his son's Little League ball games. — The Big Bad Wolf is running a seccessful scam on Little Red's grandma until he is caught in the act. — The Three Bears invade Goldy's hou... more »se because their forest home is being stripped to build superhighways.
A prince refuses to marry any of the grumpy princesses who lost sleep because of the peas in the mattress.
A cleaver princess pays a dragon to lose a fight so she can marry the man she loves.« less
Adorable. The big Bad Wolf running a scam on Grandma until Little Red catches him. Now who'd of thought of that!! These ten stories all have "new" endings and are such fun. I enjoyed this book as much as the kids did.