Favourite Mixed Up Fairy Tales (Pb)

Description

First came the phenomenal bestselling Mixed up Fairy Tales with sales over 100,000 copies to date, and now comes More Mixed up Fairy Tales! This ingenious split-page, spiral bound book lets you create your own hilarious versions of the most-loved rhymes. What would happen if the Pied Piper grew long hair and flew away with a yellow brick road? The total number of mix ups is 1728 combinations! Includes: The Pied Piper, The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio, Rapunzel, Tom Thumb, Rumpstiltskin, The Gingerbread Man, Robin Hood, Thumbelina, Hansel and Gretel and The Frog Prince. Praise for Mixed Up Fairy Tales: 'Variations enough for plenty of delightfully silly combinations.' - Guardian

Reviews

Courful, wacky illustrations compliment each statement. Great fun! Carousel For Email Jesus @ Bethlehem 'Lively without being irreverent.' - The Bookseller 'A thoughtful and heartfelt survey.' - TES 'Just what the modern child should have' - Marianne Adey, Co-Ordinator Children's Book Award Classic fairy tales have been re-told often but none so entertaining and unusual as Mixed Up Fairy Tales...Whilst familiarising young children with classic fairy stories...it also introduces the endless imaginative possibilities of writing. Children (and adults) will be enraptured from the first page. Sharratt's bright and bold illustrations bring alive the characters in this book making it accessible and involving. Children will want to revisit this book time and again to discover new stories...the possibilities appear endless. Gayle Morison Ingenious, imaginative fun. Bookseller Our most-loved nursery rhymes can be mixed up with hilarious consequences, thanks to this sequel to the best-selling Mixed Up Fairy Tales. Coventry Telegraph Variations enough for plenty of delightfully silly combinations. The Guardian Endless fun... hilarious. Parents in Touch

Author description

Hilary Robinson is an author, radio producer, broadcaster and feature writer. She was born in Devon and brought up in Nigeria and England. The author of over forty books for children, she is best known for Mixed Up Fairy Tales. Her books have been translated into a number of languages and are sold across the world. She lives and works in London and Yorkshire. Sarah Horne graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2001 and since then has illustrated many children's fiction and picture books, which have sold across the world. She has also worked on commissions from the Guardian and Independent newspapers. She lives in South East London.