William J. Brooke, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15 (164p) ISBN 978-0-06-020271-2
As he did in A Telling of the Tales: Five Stories , Brooke here recasts familiar fairy tales in inventive--if somewhat bizarre--molds. In a retelling of The Frog Prince , for example, a king who began life as a frog realizes he's happier in his...
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William J. Brooke, Author HarperCollins Children's Books $15.95 (249p) ISBN 978-0-06-023393-8
Told in the second person by a narrator with the benefit of a modern perspective, Brooke's (Teller of Tales) comical novel opens with a cave-dwelling tribe's non-verbal interaction. ""The only need for communication was if someone had something you...
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William J. Brooke, Author, Richard Egielski, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-440467-9
In this quixotic quintet, Brooke's inventive imagery and stylish way with words put new spins on old favorites. According to PW , ``The stories are fast-paced and funny, heartfelt without slipping into sentimentality.'' Ages 8-12. (Mar.)
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William J. Brooke, Author, Richard Egielski, Illustrator, Richard Egielski, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-06-020688-8
These boisterous, down-to-earth ``retellings'' of familiar tales are carefully adjusted to 20th-century values and designed to capture and hold the attention of a more worldly reader. In ``The Waking of the Prince,'' Sleeping Beauty calls her...
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