Barrington Stoke Fiction: Fractured Fairy Tales - The Queen's Tale Award-winning author by Kaye Umansky (author) (UK edition)

Fantastic storytelling particularly suited to dyslexic and reluctant readers: part of the acclaimed Barrington Stoke fiction list. A timeless fairy tale gets a whimsical spin in this quirky retelling. The Queen is fed up with Snow White. She’s so sickeningly soppy, and she turns her father the King into a gibbering fool. The magic mirror agrees: Snow White has got to go!

Reading age: 8. Interest age: 8-12.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781781122020

Publisher

Barrington Stoke Ltd

Date published

April 1st, 2013

Lexile measure

490L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.3; Middle years; 1.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Kaye Umansky

Kaye Umanksy has written many books for children, from picture books to novels, and is probably best known for the Pongwiffy books.

As a child Kaye lived in Plymouth, Devon and spent lots of time on the beach. She was a bit of a daydreamer at school, but loved music and performing and writing her own stories.

Before becoming a children’s author, Kaye has acted, been a post woman, folded sheets in a laundry, taught in primary schools and sung in soul bands.

She now lives in North London with her husband, daughter and two cats.