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The Fairy's Return (2002)

by Gail Carson Levine(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0066238013 (ISBN13: 9780066238012)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

series

The Princess Tales

review 1: Gail Carson Levine has a very deft and light touch when it re-telling classic fairytales. At first, I was reminded of James Thurber's Thirteen Clocks and Edward Lear's The Ring and the Rose. Even though The Golden Goose was one of my favorite stories as a child -- I loved the ridiculous imagery -- I didn't connect The Fairy's Return with The Golden Goose until, well, the golden goose. What a delightful, quick read this book was! I'm sure the characters will stay with me long past the final word.
review 2: Earlier in the year before Harriet started reading, she went through a princess phase. She's still mad about princesses but now she prefers to draw them instead of reading about them. She also went through a period where she wanted to be read to during her... more long baths. So we read through Gail Carson Levine's short chapter books.The Fairy's Return by Gail Carson Levine is her unique take on the Golden Goose fairy tale. There's Robin, the baker's son and the very bored Princess Lark, and a fairy trying to do good but not necessarily getting it right.Harriet's not familiar with the original story but she thought it was funny that the boy and the girl both had bird names. Of all the books from this series we read, this one didn't hold her attention as well as others did. less

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