Hansel and Greta
A Fairy Tale Revolution
$39.66
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
‘Deep in the wood’
Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction.
GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn’t appreciate Hansel and Greta’s plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they’re horrible little vegetarians.
GreedyGuts doesn’t give two hoots about nature. She favours luxury and living it up - eating, shopping and partying hard. And so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder ki…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784876333 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178487633X |
| Author: | Jeanette Winterson, Laura Barrett |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 262mm x 212mm x 8mm |
| Series: | A Fairy Tale Revolution |
| Audience Age: | 5-7 |
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Critics Review
A humorous, spellbinding fairy tale
Enjoyably monstrous – Imogen Russell Williams * Times Literary Supplement *
A humorous, spellbinding fairy tale * Woman’s Weekly *
[A] riotously funny re-telling of Hansel and Gretel… Hilarious – Eithne Farry * Sunday Express *
About The Author
Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children’s books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.
Laura Barrett is an illustrator inspired by the darker side of folk and fairy tales, and enjoys working in the medium of traditional Scherenschnitte (paper cutting). Since graduating from University of the Arts London and with over 10 years of industry experience, Laura has worked with a stellar client list including the BBC and The Guardian. Laura works from her home studio in South East London.
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