Reviews

A Wizard's Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic by Jane Yolen, Sherwood Smith, James D. Macdonald, Vivian Vande Velde, Bruce Coville, Will Shetterly, Joy Oestreicher, Patricia C. Wrede, Michael Hussar, Alan P. Smale, Betty Levin, Charles de Lint, Michael Stearns, Tappan King, Debra Doyle, Dan Bennett

author_d_r_oestreicher's review against another edition

5.0

A Wizard’s Dozen edited by Michael Stearns is an anthology of thirteen children’s fantasy stories. It includes Efrum’s Marbles by Joy Oestreicher and The Princess Who Kicked Butt by Will Shetterly.

If you would like a short story collection for a young reader, or nighttime stories for a child beyond picture books, this is an excellent choice.

For my expanded report: https://1book42day.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-wizards-dozen-edited-by-michael.html
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wealhtheow's review against another edition

3.0

A collection of fantasy short stories. Patricia Wrede's "The 62 Curses of Caliph Arenschadd" has fun world-building. Charles de Lint's "Fairy Dust" is, like all his other work, filled with fascile moral conclusions and immature writing. I loved the main character in Will Shetterly's "The Princess Who Kicked Butt." Tappan King's "Come Hither" also has a very enjoyable main character (another self-sufficient girlchild).
I have always thought Bruce Coville is awesome, and he proves it yet again with the imaginative, very anti-war story "With His Head Tucked Under His Arm." Alan Smale's "The Breath of Princes" is a fantastic story in the same vein as [book: Dealing With Dragons] or [book: Dragon's Bait]. Speaking of Vande Velde's work, her short story "Lost Soul" is a creepy tale of a peasant seduced by the fey.