Stacked Shelves

It’s been months and months and months: I have been trying to write a blog post about fairy tales. But each time I think about it, a new “fractured fairy tale” comes in – today Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde and Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff   are sitting on my desk – and I convince myself that I have to read more before I write. Alas, it cannot be done. At least not in this lifetime. Maybe, though, I can just say something quick. First, I have high standards for fractured fairy tales. My two favorites are Into the Woods , the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical, and the Fables series of comics created by Bill Willingham. I like well-written and well-thought-out works. And these two fit the bill. So it may come as a surprise that I really enjoyed A Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy and illustrated by Todd Harris. The story details the true stories of the Princes Charming (otherwise known as Frederic, Gustav, Liam, an