SuitabookNewfangled Fairy Tales (Classic Stories with a Funny Twist, Book #2)
Bruce Lansky
- Reading
- Try one story at a time, then invite the reader to name the familiar tale and spot what has changed. Pause if a plot turn raises questions.
- Themes
- Fairy tales with a modern twist: Ten stories revisit familiar fairy tales, including a Rapunzel held in a high-rise apartment and a wolf who refuses to eat Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. The collection is framed as comic and deliberately updated, but the examples do not show how each retelling handles its original themes.
- Choices and consequences: A tailor boasts about bravery before meeting a giant; Hansel takes Gretel’s piggy bank; a girl discovers that being a princess can be troublesome. These plot outlines raise questions about choices and expectations, but do not establish whether the stories criticise, excuse or reward the characters’ behaviour.
- Worth knowing
- Some plots involve captivity, a giant confronting a boastful character, and a child taking another child’s money. The tone and detail of these moments are unclear.