Girls

Author: Annet Schaap

Interest age: from c 9 years

Published on 5 October 2023 by Pushkin Children's Books in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 192 pages
205 x 137 x 20mm | 266g

A collection of dark, funny retellings of classic fairytales for girls growing up in the modern world-from the author of Lampie'Wickedly delicious' SOPHIE ANDERSON'Clever and witty' YARROW TOWNSEND'Satisfying, surprising and consistently superb' MICHAEL MANNA determined girl gives up on kissing a frog.

A fearless heroine comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf.

A monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free.

Within this book are seven famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, about girls with their own dreams and desires. These are no damsels in distress, but real young women of flesh and blood - who certainly don't need rescuing.