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A review by paladinjane
Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems by Jane Yolen, Theodora Goss
4.0
Full disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
This was a lovely collection of stories and poems that strongly reminded me of Jane Yolen’s work. Appropriately, Yolen wrote the introduction to this volume.
Goss puts delightful twists on classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and the Frog Prince, reimagining them in different settings and eras, tweaking the plots to give characters new choices and opportunities, or extending them to explore what happens to the characters after their stories traditionally end.
I’ll admit I’m not usually a huge fan of poetry, but I did enjoy the ones in this collection.
This was a lovely collection of stories and poems that strongly reminded me of Jane Yolen’s work. Appropriately, Yolen wrote the introduction to this volume.
Goss puts delightful twists on classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and the Frog Prince, reimagining them in different settings and eras, tweaking the plots to give characters new choices and opportunities, or extending them to explore what happens to the characters after their stories traditionally end.
I’ll admit I’m not usually a huge fan of poetry, but I did enjoy the ones in this collection.