New Releases by Leah Wilcox

A family in need. A handmade Ouija board. A dangerous affair. It''s 1920 in Newark, New Jersey and ten-year-old Ruth lives in fear. Her family is on the brink of starvation. Her brother and uncle are doing dangerous work, smuggling illegal alcohol for the mob. Her mother is gripped by madness and obsessed with contacting the dead. As Ruth tries to hold her family together, things continue to get worse. Her brother Willie falls in love with the mob boss''s girl. Her best friend falls ill with a strange malady. Their house is attacked by racist neighbors. Her mother begins to have violent premonitions. Soon, her family is in danger of losing everything.

Laugh along with Prince Charming''s misguided ideas for waking Sleeping Beauty, and delight at her reaction when he finally gets it right. When Prince Charming finds Sleeping Beauty and her fairies, he doesn''t know what to do. The fairies try to tell him how to wake her up, but he keeps interrupting with crazy ideas of his own such as shouting, jumping on her bed, and pouring water on her. Of course none of those work, and he is mortified when he finally hears what it will take! A hilarious twist on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, this is a companion to the hit Falling for Rapunzel.

Un jeune prince entend un grondement provenant de la tour d''un château. C''est avec surprise et déception qu''il y découvre une jolie fille qui ronfle à tue-tête. Trois petites fées lui confient que la belle repose ainsi depuis un siècle. Contrairement à la coutume, le prince use de moyens peu orthodoxes pour tenter de réveiller cette dernière ...

Dans cette histoire revue et corrigée, Raiponce est un peu dure d''oreille. Aussi lorsque le prince lui demande de laisser tomber ses bouclettes, elle lui lance un tas de vieilles chaussettes! Cette aventure farfelue ne ressemble pas tout à fait à un conte de fées...

This Rapunzel figures out how to make her own dreams come true! When the prince spies Rapunzel high in her tower, he''s convinced she is the girl of his dreams. Of course he thinks he can save her the traditional way, but this is no traditional Rapunzel. She throws down everything but what the prince asks for—including a surprise that makes all his dreams come true. A hilarious fractured fairy tale with clever page-turns and vibrant, eclectic art that is perfect for funny Valentine''s Day story hours.

A fractured fairy tale.

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