MSCHMITT-- Fairytale Cake by Mark Sperring 24

 MSCHMITT-- Fairytale Cake by Mark Sperring 24

The inhabitants of every fairy tale ever written are making a very special cake and delivering it for a very special birthday!

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses, by Ron Koertge

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses, by Ron Koertge, 88 pages

This is a collection of re-imagined fairytale stories, told in the form of poetry.  The little match girl is a girl selling CDs on the street, and each one she listens to takes her to another land; the dancing princesses dance in order to rebel against their strict father; and little Red Riding Hood likes living dangerously.  The reimagined angle was what got me to read this, but I didn't think the writing was that great, overall. Young adults might feel differently.