For Biddle's Sake

Gail Carson Levine. HarperCollins, $9.99 (112pp) ISBN 978-0-06-000094-3

A pair of titles join Gail Carson Levine's Princess Tales series, illus. by Mark Elliott: The Fairy's Return, a spoof on ""The Golden Goose""; and For Biddle's Sake, based on a little-known German tale, ""Puddocky,"" about a girl who must put her own magic to work in order to fight off her guardian fairy's penchant for turning people into toads. (Oct.)

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