The poisoned apple : a fractured fairy tale

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Title:

The poisoned apple : a fractured fairy tale

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Summary:

Sometimes bad decisions come back to bite you… The princess is too sweet, too kind―but the witch knows just how to handle a princess like that. One bite from a painstakingly made poisoned apple should do it! Once the apple is in the hands of the princess, the plan is in motion. But when the kindhearted princess gives the apple away, the witch watches as her plot spirals out of control. Can she get the apple back before it’s too late? Who will end up with a happily ever after? What goes around comes around in this darkly humorous fairy tale, sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats and howling with laughter. -- Amazon.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Fairy tales.

Fractured fairy tales.

Subject Term:

Snow White (Tale) -- Adaptations -- Juvenile fiction.

Forest animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Witches -- Juvenile fiction.

Kindness -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Page Street Kids,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781645670605

Publication Information:

Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2020.

Call Number:

P LAMBELET

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Summary

Sometimes bad decisions come back to bite you... The princess is too sweet, too kind - but the witch knows just how to handle a princess like that. One bite from a painstakingly made poisoned apple should do it! Once the apple is in the hands of the princess, the plan is in motion. But when the kindhearted princess gives the apple away, the witch watches as her plot spirals out of control. Can she get the apple back before it's too late? Who will end up with a happily ever after? What goes around comes around in this darkly humorous fairy tale, sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats and howling with laughter.

Author Notes

Anne Lambelet holds a degree in illustration from the University of the Arts, where she received many awards in student competitions. She is the author-illustrator of Maria the Matador and Dogs and Their People (Page Street Kids, 2019) and has illustrated numerous picture books and book covers. She lives with her husband, dog and cat in Philadelphia.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This "Snow White" reboot by Lambelet (Maria the Matador) borrows a princess, some dwarfs, and a poisoned apple from the fairy tale universe to tell a cautionary tale about well-laid plans. In illustrations with stylized, angular contours and whorls of grainy texture, a green-faced witch readies a poisoned apple for a princess she thinks is "getting a little too sweet for her own good." The witch prepares the apple carefully ("she only had enough for a single apple-poisoning spell"), and the princess takes it--so far, so good. But then, as the witch looks on, the princess passes the fruit to one of the dwarfs for lunch, who in turn donates it to a hungry deer family, and so on. Before long, the witch is crawling up a tree in her hat and cape to reclaim the shiny orb before meeting an appropriately ghastly end. The story's laughs come from watching catastrophe befall the evildoer as the innocent victim observes serenely from a safe place. Repetition moves the tale briskly along, and a highlighted refrain in scary-looking letters anticipates readaloud choruses. Ages 4--8. Agent: Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox Literary. (Oct.)