β Scribed by Yolen, Jane
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"[Yolen is] the Aesop of the twentieth century"--The New York Times
Fantasy legend Jane Yolen (The Emerald Circus The Devil's Arithmetic), adored by generations of readers of all ages, delights with these effortlessly wide-ranging fairy tales, myths, and legends. She fractures the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets, holding them to the light and presenting them transformed: a spinner of straw as a falsely-accused moneylender, a philosophical bridge who longs for its troll, and the villainous wolf retiring to a nursing home. Each offering features an intimate author note and poem, allowing readers to discover stories old, new, and refined for the world we live in--or a much better version of it.
Fairy tales -- Fiction
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"[Yolen is] the Aesop of the twentieth century"--_The New York Times_ Fantasy legend Jane Yolen (_The Emerald Circus_ _The Devil's Arithmetic_), adored by generations of readers of all ages, delights with these effortlessly wide-ranging fairy tales, myths, and legends. She fractures the classics t
Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie Drake danced with the fairies in the woods behind her grandparentsβ Louisiana home. But she closed the door to the fairy world and turned her back on the Fae when they tried to steal her little sister Emily. Fourteen years later, Sophie heads to New York City on