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Time flies! The History of the Fairy Tale week at Wonders & Marvels has come to an end…but plenty of giveaways are still open. We have up to five copies of each title for the asking. We’ll be selecting winners sometime early this week (December 21). Don’t want to miss any give-aways? Just sign up here for email updates about the give-aways!
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Happy Holidays everyone!
Thanks for joining us for The History of the Fairy Tale week here at Wonders & Marvels. To celebrate, we are featuring a new fairy tale-related giveaway each day from Monday through Friday.
First up is Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by author-illustrator Lucy Cousins. You may know Cousins’ lovable — albeit mousy — creation, Maisy. Think Yummy will be Maisy-esque? Wrong! From Publishers Weekly:
Anyone expecting the gentleness of the Maisy books in Cousins’ retellings of eight fairy tales is in for a whopper of a surprise — although the cheeky title does provide a tip-off. Who knew Cousins could depict a wolf decapitation (“Little Red Riding Hood”) or stewing (“The Three Little Pigs”) with such relish? Or that she’d find a creepiness factor in the Henny Penny story worthy of Flannery O’Connor?
Beware — these fairy tales are not for the faint of heart. Yummy retains all the emotion and humor of the original fairy tales: the heroes are courageous, the villians are horrible, and the children are…tasty. Yummy!
We are pleased to offer three copies of Yummy as a giveaway. To enter, just comment before midnight EST December 17, 2009 in response to this question: In your favorite fairy tale, would you rather be the hero or the villian? Sorry, but at this time we can only ship to U.S. addresses. Good luck!
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