Gender Swapped Fairy Tales
- Subject
- Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Size
- 19.6 cm × 24.0 cm
- ISBN
- 9780571360185
Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you've read before . . .
Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell onto the snow outside.
People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales – to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change . . .
They haven’t rewritten the stories in this book. They haven’t reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders.
It might not sound like that much of a change, but you’ll be dazzled by the world this swap creates – and amazed by the new characters you’re about to discover.
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What reviewers said
"I only intended to look at it . . . but I'm completely drawn in. I love it. The language is fantastic. The gender swaps I hope will undo all my unconscious bias and I'll find my inner power! Fabulous." -Philippa Perry "Startling and refreshing, thought-provoking and unique, this book will stay with me. Its genius is that it feels like a timeless classic - beautifully illustrated, a joy to share - even as it shakes the gender stereotypes in our most beloved stories by their roots." -Jess Kidd "We were both fed a strict diet of fairytales as children so we were instantly captivated by Karrie…
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