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Genre: Family / Fairy Tale / Manners / Magic Year Published: 1996 Year Read: 2015 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Now to be honest, I had heard of this story through an episode of “Adventures from the Book of Virtues” and I really enjoyed it! So, when I finally got the chance of reading this...
In this adaptation of the Princess Donkeyskin, the horrific threat of incest -- forced marriage to her father -- is replaced by betrothal to a wealthy ogre (in the illustrations merely an ugly older man). I can understand why Huck was reluctant to address this topic with young readers, but without i...
Some would call this a Cinderella variant and in a way it is - there is a stepmother and a stepsister and they are cruel to an innocent and virtuous young girl (in this case named Renee). There is also a fairy godmother and justice doled out. And like Cinderella it was transcribed by Charles Perra...
This is a rare picture book adaptation of the fairytale titled Donkeyskin. It’s rare because Donkeyskin truly is one of the more grim fairy tales (no pun intended – it’s a Perrault tale anyway). The core conflict of Donkeyskin is the threat of incest as a grieving widowed king sets his sights on h...
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