CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 31, 2012
"A pleasant magical outing. (Fairy tale/fantasy. 8-12)"
In her third fairy-tale novelization, Zahler (
The Thirteenth Princess, 2010, and
A True Princess, 2011) dips into Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans" and mixes in a bit of Celtic folklore.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 24, 2012
"Prickly, a bit funny and a bit dark: classic Grimm, modernized. (author's note) (Picture book/fairy tale. 4-10)"
Hans, half hedgehog and half human, lives as a hermit, deep in a forest with a rooster steed and an entourage of pigs, happily playing his fiddle, until two kings make promises that send him looking for his just reward: a princess.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 27, 2011
"Gives new life to Arthurian legends and may just send readers back to more traditional tellings. (Adventure. 10-14)"
In his first novel for middle-grade readers, Johnson-Shelton serves up the first installment of an Arthurian trilogy starring 12-year-old video-gamer Artie Kingfisher.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 8, 2011
"Lovers of wisecracking fairies and broody vampires will find this twee, but it has its own silly charm. (Fantasy. 8-10)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"Definitely a continuation rather than a freestanding episode, but the author keeps her ongoing plot galloping along and adds an assortment of marvelous new creatures to the cast. (Fantasy.10-13) "
An old foe sets a deadly trap for two young werewolves in a sequel framed by family reunions and positively festooned with hideous vampires.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"So visit the Karkonosze Castle or the Wieliczka salt mine or the banished city of Wineta--you may be challenged, but you will not be disappointed. (Folktales. 8-12)"
