02319cam a2200421 4500 553049422 TxAuBib 20211220120000.0 210903s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021935419 9780062652638 006265263X 9780063142701 0063142708 9780063159396 0063159392 (OCoLC)1266866999 GCmBT eng rda HT# HT# OCLCQ OCLCO SDG BDX PX0 OCLCO OCO TCH ILC OCLCO UAP LIV TxAuBib Chainani, Soman. Short stories Selections. Beasts and beauty : dangerous tales / Soman Chainani ; illustrated by Julia Iredale. Beasts & beauty. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, 2021. 320, 4 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Includes an excerpt for The School For Good and Evil (pages 1-4 at end of work). Red Riding Hood -- Snow White -- Sleeping Beauty -- Rapunzel -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Hansel and Gretel -- Beauty and the Beast -- Bluebeard -- Cinderella -- The Little Mermaid -- Rumpelstiltskin -- Peter Pan. "Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare..."--Book jacket flap. Ages 10 & up. 20211220. Fairy tales Adaptations. Fairy tales. Magic Fiction. Characters and characteristics in literature Fiction. Short stories. Fantasy fiction. Iredale, Julia, illustrator.