| Portion of title |
Fairy-tale voices with a twist |
| Cover title |
Grumbles forest |
| Contents |
Once -- Sleeping Beauty. Words of the wicked fairy ; Beauty sleep -- Hansel and Gretel. Gretel spies the magic house ; Outside the gingerbread house -- Beauty and the beast. Beauty's daydream ; Beauty and the beast : an anniversary -- Gingerbread boy. Gingerbread boy : a haiku ; From the kitchen -- Cinderella. Shoes ; Whining stepsister's brag -- The little mermaid. Water girl ; A mermaid's love -- Jack and the beanstalk. Giant's wife confides in Jack ; Jack -- The princess and the pea. Just one pea ; The pea episode -- Rumpelstiltskin. Who told the lie? ; Suicide : an afterthought -- Frog prince. Enchanted frog ; Princess gossip -- Snow White. Snow White makes a plea to the witch ; Snow White speaks to the mirror -- Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red's story ; About Grandma Wolf -- Three billy goats Gruff. Gruff for dinner ; Troll lament -- Thumbelina. Thumbelina : a cinquain ; Little bit : a haiku -- The three bears. Three bears, five voices ; Goldilocks leaves a letter stuck in the door -- About the tales -- Happily ever after. |
| Abstract |
What were all those fairy-tale characters thinking? Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich answer this question in paired poems, with sometimes startling results. The Princess claims all those mattresses kept her awake?not a silly pea?while the poor pea complains that the princess snores. One Snow White begs the witch to settle by the bay and throw that mirror away. Another boldly tells the mirror she?won?t be guided by a glass that?s so one-sided.? Grumbles from the Forest is a bewitching brew of voices?grumbling, pleading, bragging, reminiscing, confiding?that bubbles with magic and wonder. The spectacular paintings that tie the poems together are full of surprise and intrigue. This stunning collection includes end notes that briefly describe the tales and their history and an introduction that invites readers to imagine their own poems from unusual perspectives. |
| Reading Program |
Accelerated Reader AR 4.0 0.5 |
| Awards note | Panda Award Nominee 2014-2015 |
| LCCN | 2012919008 |
| ISBN | 9781590788677 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1590788672 (hardcover) |
