Revolting Rhymes
32 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1982
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This edition
ISBN: 9780142302262
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Puffin
Publication date: 1 January 2003
Description
I guess you think you know this story.
You don't. The real one's much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago...
Do you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, and that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Premier storyteller Roald Dahl twists the fate of six favorite fairy tales, in this picture book edition with vibrant new cover art by Quentin Blake. Fairy tales have never been more revolting!
With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. Get ready for Dahl's diabolical version of what really happened.
This book collects the following stories adapted by Roald Dahl:
- Cinderella
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Jack and the Beanstock
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
- The Three Little Pigs
You don't. The real one's much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago...
Do you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, and that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Premier storyteller Roald Dahl twists the fate of six favorite fairy tales, in this picture book edition with vibrant new cover art by Quentin Blake. Fairy tales have never been more revolting!
With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. Get ready for Dahl's diabolical version of what really happened.
This book collects the following stories adapted by Roald Dahl:
- Cinderella
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Jack and the Beanstock
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
- The Three Little Pigs
