Leaping Beauty

by Gregory Maguire

First published 2004

When a flock of mischievous critters crash into classic fairy tales, all bets are off. A frog with dance dreams upends Sleeping Beauty, while a gorilla queen and psycho chimp wreak havoc in Snow White's forest. From giant giraffes to a very bad walrus, these fractured fables unleash uproarious animal antics that will leave you in stitches.

Genres: animals, humor, fantasy, fairy-tale-retellings

Vibes: humorous, imaginative, whimsical

Tropes: animal-protagonists, fractured-fairy-tales

Setting: United States

224 pages · Paperback · HarperCollins

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