Because I read the book #1 as my last book of 2013, I had placed my request at the library for book #2 to complete the tales "retold" in a most creative way. Stories in this book are:
Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye
The Girl Who Wanted to Be a Princess
The Little Tailor
A Thoroughly Modern Rapunzel
The Fairy Godfather
The Clever Princess Who Slept on a Pea
The Gold Ring
Red Riding Hood and the Scrawny Little Wolf
Hansel and Gretel
Katie and the Dragon
As expected this book continues with our favorite classic fairy tales "updated" with the funny little twists that I sooo love! My favorite stories in this book are The Fairy Godfather - cause I LOVE that a man gets a chance to be the minority and trys to help out the woman. And I absolutely LOVE The Clever Princess Who Slept on a Pea - let's just say she's sooo clever she fools her Mother-In-Law to be (The Queen) that The Queen can't help but to respect her. LOL!!!! All the stories are creative and witty and OH WAIT, I have a Shout-Out for Rumpelstiltskin ~ In the story the Captain of the Guard can never remember Rumpelstiltskin's name. . . he always addresses him incorrectly like "Bumplestiltskin" or "Bumpletallskin" but my all time favorite name is . . . . wait for it. . . . . ."WRINKLESOFTSKIN" - as I'm sure you know by now (especially if you've read my previous blogs) I BURSTED out laughing once again (I'm sure by now I'll have a permanent mark by my name for making too much noise) I also LOVE that Rumpelstiltskin's friend "Happy" (Yes, the dwarf from Snow White - he got promoted) calls him "Rump" for short.
So you see what I mean right? These stories are funny, different, creative and very imaginative. This would be a great activity to do with kids and have them re-tell the stories in their own ways. So makes me wonder how would I re-tell such stories? . . . . (maybe I'll start another blog for that - hahahaha!)
