Fairy tales, again
I think I've made it pretty clear, that I am a person who likes fairy tales. I'm not sure if this makes me a "fairy tale" person but if I can choose a genre, fairy tales rate right up there. So I was thinking today I would remind you about some completely awesome fairy tales, because I'll bet I'm not the only one who likes them (especially if you check the network TV listings... they have all kinds of fairy tale adaptations there!). The first one is one that was new to me. It's one of the Sunshine State Young Reader nominees for grades 3-5 for next year, but I already ordered the books (thanks Reading Warehouse !) and so far, my favorite one is called "A Hero's Guide to Saving your Kingdom" by Christopher Healy. It starts off explaining that the real problem with some of the fairy tales is that what we really remember is written by bards and really, what do they know? All the princes are named Charming and are they really charming? Th...