Revolting Rhymes
Paperback – Picture Book, September 3, 2009
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · September 3, 2009
Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darkly comic twists to six favorite tales in this irreverent and hilarious collection!
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- Who it’s for
- Familiar tales get darkly comic twists, with rambunctious rhymes to keep things lively.
- Themes
- Dark comedy, Fairy-tale subversion
- Genres
- Folktale Retellings, Stories in Verse, Funny Stories
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Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darkly comic twists to six favorite tales in this irreverent and hilarious collection! Did you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Complete with rambunctious rhymes and a must-read surprise ending.
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Featured stories: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and the WOlf, and The Three Little Pigs
Fairy Tales, Upset
Familiar tales get darkly comic twists, with rambunctious rhymes to keep things lively.
Come here for
- Classic fairy tales made cheerfully irreverent
- Dark comedy in bouncing rhymes
Expect
- Six familiar stories with unexpected turns
- A surprise ending
Where it sits
| Stories in Verse | 49% |
|---|---|
| Folktale Retellings | 44% |
| Funny Stories | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Folktale Retellings
- Funny Stories
- Poetry
- Authors
- Roald Dahl
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 3, 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Dark comedy · Fairy-tale subversion
- Reading lane
- Folktale Retellings