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Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales

Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales

by Hilary McKay (Author), Sarah Gibb (Illustrator)

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    Hardcover 2017

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Synopsis

Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales is a classic fairy-tale collection to treasure. Featuring Hilary McKay's imaginative retellings of key favourites, this ten-story collection includes the much-loved tales of Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Swan Brothers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Red Riding Hood, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Hansel and Gretel.

This gorgeous gift hardback has a foiled cover, a ribbon marker and features black-and-white line and tone illustrations throughout from the talented Sarah Gibb.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 05 Oct 2017
ISBN 10: 1447292286
ISBN 13: 9781447292289
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Beautiful fairy-tale retellings from the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning storyteller Hilary McKay

Media Reviews
Hilary McKay is back! . . . She's inventive, funny and will always make you laugh . . . the oldest stories given fresh life * The Bookbag *
one of the best children's writers working today, and this collection shows her at her warm, witty, dazzling best -- Daniel Hahn * The Spectator *
I'm reading this utterly beautiful collection of fairy tales by Hilary McKay... and it's delicious and biting and wise -- Katherine Rundell * Twitter *
So breathtakingly beautiful, it's literally giving me chills... gorgeous and perfectly drawn out for kids AND adults... pretty sure this is the very best book I've read this year. It is thrillingly good. -- Stephanie Burgis * Twitter *
This collection will delight anyone who knows the stories well enough to appreciate McKay's subversive twists, rich characterisation and inventive additions. * The Sunday Times *
Via enthralling framing narratives, deft twists and thought-provoking details, McKay renews classic tales - including The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Rumpelstiltskin - in this sumptuous collection, enriched by Gibb's evocative black-and-white line drawings. * Guardian *
This book is a real treasure as Hilary McKay presents us with ten traditional and well-loved tales which she has skillfully mixed up, re-worked and re-imagined. -- Louise Stothard * Carousel *
Author Bio

Hilary McKay is an award-winning author, having won the Guardian Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Exiles, and going on to win the Smarties and the Whitbread (now the Costa) Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings. Her 2018 title The Skylarks' War marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and was the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It is a classic in the making.

Sarah Gibb studied at Saint Martin's School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) before completing her MA in Illustration at Brighton College of Art. After landing regular spots in the Telegraph and Elle magazine, Sarah went on to illustrate Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series, many classic children's fairy tales and even the Harrods Christmas window display. She lives in Wandsworth, London.