SuitabookLeaping Beauty
Gregory Maguire
- Reading
- Try one tale first, then decide together whether to continue. Comparing it with a familiar version can help you judge the humour and character portrayals as you go.
- Themes
- Animal reworkings of familiar tales: Eight familiar fairy tales are reframed around animal characters, including a frog with a dance career. The premise is described as playful and as a twist on its inspirations, but the individual stories’ tone and treatment of their characters are unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Whether these labels reflect the stories’ tone, behaviour or consequences is unclear.