Lies, knives and girls in red dresses
By: Ron Koertge ; illustrated by Andrea Dezso
Contributors: Dezso, Andrea, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763644062
Subjects: Characters in literature; Fairy tales; JUVENILE FICTION / Westerns; Novels in verse; Fiction
Description: Free-verse reveals true stories behind well-known fairy tales, some reset in modern times, as a strung-out match girl sells CDs to drug users, Little Red Riding Hood admits that she wanted to know what it is like to be swallowed whole, and Cinderella's stepsisters are duped.