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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2004
Leaping Beauty
By Gregory Maguire, Jim Madsen (Illustrator)
Fairy tales twisted: a frog princess, clever chickens, and a baking elephant.
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224 pages
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Bookroo's summary
In a world where fairy tales are turned upside down, a frog princess weeps and leaps, chickens outsmart a cunning fox, and Cinder-Elephant bakes her way to a royal ball. Discover these zany, laugh-out-loud twists on classic tales where nothing is as it seems. Will these quirky characters find their happily ever after, or will their stories take an unexpected turn? Dive into a collection where the absurd becomes reality, and familiar stories are reimagined in the most delightful ways.
From the publisher
Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed!What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, doomed to be Weeping Beauty forever? What if the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant lost her glass plate slipper? Then you’d have this hilarious collection of twisted fairy tales from the master of the absurd, Gregory Maguire!
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 740L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.9
- F&P level
- ~R
- AR points
- 4
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 80737
Publication
- Published
- February 21, 2006
- First published
- January 1, 2004
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780060564193
- OCLC
- 64201329
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