Provensen Book of Fairy Tales
Provensen Book of Fairy Tales
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Provensen Book of Fairy Tales

Illustrated by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
Hardcover
$24.95
$23.70
8 - 12
Reading age
136
Page count
970L
Lexile measure
Nov 16, 2021
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Now back in print, a beautifully illustrated collection of twelve reimagined fairy tales, including classics like “Beauty and the Beast” and literary tales like Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince.” Alice and Martin Provensen were one of the most talented husband-and-wife author-illustrator teams of the twentieth century. A long-out-of-print cult classic first published 50 years ago, The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales is a treasury of their illustrations accompanied by fairy tales from authors such as A. A. Milne, Hans Christian Andersen, and Oscar Wilde. Here too are clever retellings and newly imagined tales: refined old favorites like Arthur Rackham’s “Beauty and the Beast,” feminist revisions like Elinor Mordaunt’s “The Prince and the Goose Girl,” and sensitive stories by literary stylists like Henry Beston’s “The Lost Half-Hour” and Katharine Pyle’s “The Dreamer.” Full of magic, ingenuity, and humor, The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales is a witty modern descendant of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and a classic in its own right, sure to be beloved by a new generation.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781681375823
    Publication Date
    November 16, 2021
    Publisher
    New York Review of Books
    Page Count
    136
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2020057928
    Lexile® Level
    970L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~W
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~6.4

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