Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales

Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed.

What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, cursed forever to weep, sleep . . . and leap? Or the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant had the chance to attend the ball of her dreams—can she bake her way to meeting a dashing prince?

Zany animals of all species get their own fairy tale endings in these laugh-out-loud twists on the classics from Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked. 

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!

“Amusing retellings … great for the bad joke set.” - New York Times Book Review

“Demarest’s comical line drawings add humor to the droll text and highlight the tales’ absurdities. … this is a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophisticated readers.” - Booklist

“ … a delightful collection, sure to be popular with sophsticated readers.” - ALA Booklist

“Full of laughs.” - Chicago Tribune

“ … eight deeply and profoundly silly stories.…Puns, literary and political references, wordplay, and sly wisdom abound.…Dizzylingly funny.” - Kirkus Reviews *starred review*

“Here are amusing retellings of eight familiar fairy tales with the characters as animals, … ” - New York Times Book Review