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Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales
Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales | Kiersten White
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Once upon a time, a girl skipped into the forest and became a zombie. Wait, no, that's not how this story is supposed to go. Let's try again. Once upon a time, a boy did a horrible job as a sheep-sitter and burned his tongue on stolen pie. No, children in these stories are always good and virtuous. From the top. Once upon a time, a king and queen tried to find a princess for their son to marry, and he wound up fleeing from a group of very hairy vampires. Hmmm... What about, once upon a time, a bunch of fairy tales got twisted around to be completely hilarious, a tiny bit icky, and delightfully spooky scarytales... in other words, exactly what fairy tales were meant to be. Grab some flaming torches, maybe don't accept that bowl of pease porridge, and get ready for a wickedly fun ride with acclaimed author Kiersten White and fairy tales like you've never heard them before.
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Branwen
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"Little girls go into the woods all the time. They go there to pick berries or to dangle their feet in cool, clear streams. They go there to play hide-and-seek, though they can't say who they are hiding from. They go there to make burrows for themselves and find special hidden places where they think they could maybe live forever. Little girls go into the woods because the woods are wild places, and little girls are told they must never be wild."

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Eggs
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Clever mash-up of the fairy tale genre

Moray_Reads Tuesdays are the worst 5y
Eggs Agreed! Happy Tuesday!🤗 @Moray_Reads 5y
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Peddler410
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This one I forgot I ordered. Sure does look fun!

tjwill I have this too but haven‘t read any of them yet. 7y
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Bookgoil
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Pickpick

Some fun fairy tales and a bit of creepy and fun my mixed in / a perfect blend for fairy tales.

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Foragingfantasy
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Book fair temptation.

[DELETED] 3803335244 Oh neat & I‘ve read something from White before but can‘t remember what?!? Oh well! The cover is so great too 7y
Foragingfantasy @ForeverNerdy The cover. I wouldn't even need to read it. 😂 7y
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CogsOfEncouragement
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Mehso-so

The kids liked this one more than I did. I give it three stars. They give it four. #BedtimeBookClub

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CogsOfEncouragement
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First #ScholasticBookOrder of the school year! ✌🏼❤️📚

Sace I loved those things when I was young! 7y
CogsOfEncouragement @RestlessFickleBookSlut I loved them then, I love them now! Happy it is still around for my kids to enjoy delivery day too. They are certain to have silly memories of me cheering when they pull them out of their backpacks 😄 7y
Laura317 My daughter loves the Korman books. 7y
CogsOfEncouragement @Laura317 We have enjoyed others and look forward to this and more. He has not disappointed. 7y
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Jennie748
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Cute and creepy and hilarious! Gobbled it up!

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AshleyKorinE
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How stinking cute is this book! It was the perfect middle grade fairy tale retellings I needed right now. It was hilarious, the spelling, the character reimagining, I loved it! My favorite was probably Jill or Goldilocks because girl power! This book by the way is filled with fun girl power and also makes fun of cliches in old fairy tales. The princes and the pea had me crying laughing! It's adorable!

JoeStalksBeck Cool cover! 7y
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