Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-Spun
Hilary McKay
Illustrated by Sarah Gibb
Ages 8 to 11
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20 September 2018Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
This book was originally published in hardback as Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales.
Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-Spun is a classic fairy tale collection to treasure. Featuring Hilary McKay's imaginative retellings of key favourites, this ten-story collection includes the much-loved tales of Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Swan Brothers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Red Riding Hood, the Twelve Dancing Princesses and Hansel and Gretel.
This gorgeous gift book features black-and-white line and tone illustrations throughout from the talented Sarah Gibb.
Details
20 September 2018304 pages
9781529006940Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
Hilary McKay is back! . . . She's inventive, funny and will always make you laugh . . . the oldest stories given fresh lifeThe Bookbag
I'm reading this utterly beautiful collection of fairy tales by Hilary McKay... and it's delicious and biting and wiseKatherine Rundell, author of The Rooftoppers
So breathtakingly beautiful, it's literally giving me chills . . . gorgeous and perfectly drawn out for kids AND adults . . . pretty sure this is the very best book I've read this year. It is thrillingly good.Stephanie Burgis, author of The Dragon with the Chocolate Heart
Hilary McKay has re-written ten well-known fairy tales with her usual charm and warmth. I love them! ... You want to read this collection, and you want to come to it fresh, to see what Hilary has done with our old favourites. How she has made them into new favourites. This is really something.Bookwitch
