Joanne Compton, Author, Kenn Compton, Author, Ken Compton, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1051-4
The Comptons ( Jack the Giant Chaser ) design this mildly spooky and rather conventional tale of a haunted house to be humorous rather than spine-tingling. Granny Greenteeth, an imposing personage with flame-orange hair, a purple robe and, of course,
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Joanne Compton, Author, Kenn Compton, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1106-1
In this capably handled hillbilly version of Cinderella , with elements borrowed from the Grimm Brothers' ``Aschenputtel,'' a servant girl charms a doctor's son. ``Fresh-faced and regular-featured'' Ashpet is ``bound out'' to the Widow Hooper and...
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Joanne Compton, Author, Kenn Compton, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1165-8
In keeping with the backwoods theme of Ashpet and their other fairy tale retellings, the Comptons people this lively folk story with a hillbilly cast. An author's note decodes the odd title, explaining that ``during the early days of American...
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