Gail Carson Levine, Author , read by Lili Taylor. Harper Children's Audio $29.95 (, unabridged, six cassettes, nine hours, $29.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-694-52566-9
Taylor's (Mystic Pizza)
chatty tone and swift, assured pacing is just right for this volume collecting six of Levine's (Ella Enchanted) lighthearted Princess Tales novels. Known for spinning traditional fairy and folk tales into new,...
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Gail Carson Levine. Harper, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-122965-7
In this fairy-tale whodunit, country girl Elodie's parents scrounge up fare to send her to the city of Two Castles, with instructions to find a weaver willing to take her on gratis for a 10-year apprenticeship. (Elodie, intent on joining a...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author . HarperEos $6.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-057580-9
A pair of princesses becomes determined to find a cure for a mysterious illness that killed their mother. "The author enters a world of high fantasy with this latest princess tale, peopled with sorcerers, elves and fairies, said PW
. Ages 12-up.
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Gail Carson Levine, Author HarperCollins $6.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-440966-7
""The author enters a world of high fantasy with this latest princess tale, peopled with sorcerers, elves and fairies, but plot twists win out over character development,"" wrote PW. Ages 10-up. (Apr.) .
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Gail Carson Levine, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-027900-4
Levine (Ella Enchanted; the Princess Tales) turns from fairy godmothers in the Brothers Grimm era to modern-day magic in this provocative meditation on what it means to be popular. Eighth-grader Wilma Sturtz is a nice New York City girl, but she's...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author . HarperCollins $16.99 (326p) ISBN 978-0-06-073408-4
In an alluring companion novel that some readers may argue even surpasses Ella Enchanted
, Levine gives a visionary rendering of the Snow White tale that challenges conventional ideas of beauty. Fifteen-year-old narrator Aza is anything but pretty....
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Gail Carson Levine, Author HarperCollins Publishers $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-028153-3
In a dramatic departure from her fairy tale fare, Levine (Ella Enchanted) creates a chiaroscuro effect as she contrasts the bleak days and colorful nights of Dave Caros, an orphan growing up amid the Harlem Renaissance. When his woodcarver father...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author . HarperCollins $16.99 (244p) ISBN 978-0-06-122962-6
Levine’s (Ella Enchanted
) original mythological tale works as romance, adventure and exploration of faith. Kezi is the only daughter of a wealthy, devout family in a vaguely ancient, vaguely Middle Eastern city, where the established religion
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Gail Carson Levine, Author HarperCollins Publishers $17.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-029315-4
Levine (Ella Enchanted) enters a world of high fantasy with this latest princess tale, peopled with sorcerers, elves and fairies, but plot twists win out over character development. When teenage narrator Addie was two years old, and her sister,...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Scott Nash, Illustrator , illus. by Scott Nash. HarperCollins $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-028763-4
Best known for spinning new interpretations of classic fairy tales, Levine (Ella Enchanted) here ventures into folktale territory with a perky, girl-centric take on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." On her eighth birthday, Betsy receives a very...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Scott Nash, Illustrator , illus. by Scott Nash. Harper-Trophy $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-443640-3
For this girl-centric take on The Boy Who Cried Wolf, "Kids may well cheer Betsy's courage and can-do spirit," wrote PW
. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Gail Carson Levine, illus. by Scott Nash, Harper, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-146870-4
In this uproarious adaptation, a companion to Betsy Who Cried Wolf! Betsy, along with her flock of opinionated sheep, sets out to bring cupcakes to Grandma. Betsy also brings fellow shepherd Zimmo the wolf, ignoring her friends' warnings. But when...
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Gail Carson Levine, illus. by Matthew Cordell. Harper, $15.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-06-178725-6
Levine models more than 40 poems after William Carlos Williams’s “This Is Just to Say,” taking its quasi-repentant tone to a whole new level (and sticking more closely to the format of the original than the poems in Joyce Sidman’s 2007 collection...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Mark Elliott, Illustrator HarperCollins $9.99 (112p) 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 ...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Mark Elliott, Illustrator HarperCollins $10.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-06-623800-5
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 ...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Gail Carson Levine, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-027510-5
Levine's artful debut novel features a spunky heroine whose trials, all faced with admirable steadiness, give new twists to the classic Cinderella story. Ella is burdened with a curse (she cannot disobey a command), bestowed at birth as a gift from...
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Gail Carson Levine. HarperCollins, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-440705-2
This lighthearted fantasy and recent Newbery Honor book re-invents the Cinderella story. "A winning combination of memorable characters and an alluring fantasy realm," said PW in a starred review. Ages 8-12. (Apr.)
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Mark Elliott, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $10.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-06-028060-4
Levine's talent for hilarious subversion of fairy tale motifs, used to great effect in Ella Enchanted, her Newbery Honor-winning debut, is honed to perfection in this pair of stories, which kicks off the Princess Tales series. In The Fairy's Mistake,
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Mark Elliott, Illustrator . HarperTrophy $6.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-051841-7
"Levine's talent for hilarious subversion of fairy tale motifs is honed to perfection in the Princess Tales series," said PW
in a starred review of The Fairy's Mistake
and The Princess Test; these two, along with Princess Sonora...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, David Christiana, Illustrator , illus. by David Christiana. Disney $18.99 (189p) ISBN 978-0-7868-3491-4
Tinker Bell, the feisty fairy made famous in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan
as well as Disney's animated movie of that book, goes into freefall here, recast as a star of this flighty and confusing fantasy. Levine (Ella Enchanted
) introduces...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Hannah Gordon, Read by , read by Hannah Gordon. Listening Library $35 (0p) ISBN 978-0-307-28167-8
An infectious baby's laugh (said to be the genesis of fairies) kicks off this audio adaptation of Levine's (Ella Enchanted
) original novel about Tinker Bell, of Peter Pan
fame, and her friends on the island of Never Land. Tink is among the
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Lynn Redgrave, Performed by . HarperChildren's Audio $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-694-52528-7
The robust voice of esteemed British actress Lynn Redgrave escorts listeners on an adventurous journey in Levine's (Ella Enchanted) latest fantasy novel. Princess Addie and her older (by one year) sister Princess Meryl are the best of friends,...
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Gail Carson Levine, Author, Sarah Naughton, Read by, Full Cast Family, Read by , read and sung by Sarah Naughton and others. Full Cast Audio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-934180-08-2
Levine's enchanting, intelligent fairy tale, set in a kingdom devoted to singing, lends itself well to full-cast production; this one features 32 voices. Composer Todd Hobin has set Levine's lyrics to music; Naughton does a terrific job as
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Gail Carson Levine. Harper, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-227530-1
“Have fun, and save what you write!” Those words close out nearly every chapter of this valuable writing guide, a companion to Levine’s Writing Magic (2006), and they form the heart of the author’s advice. Levine describes this book as the “greatest
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Gail Carson Levine. Harper, $16.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-207466-9
A prequel to Levine’s The Two Princesses of Bamarre, this story draws on elements of that book, including appearances from the fabled hero Drualt and the magical “seven league” boots, but is set generations earlier. Fifteen-year-old Peregrine, aka...
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Gail Carson Levine. Quill Tree, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-287819-9
This sweeping historical novel illuminates the plight of a Jewish family in Spain during the late 15th century. Precocious narrator Loma is just seven when her facility with numbers endears her to her influential financier abuelo after his wife, her
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Gail Carson Levine. Quill Tree, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-303907-0
A nonconformist epic fantasy by Levine (A Ceiling Made of Eggshells) centers the events of the Trojan War around two courageous female protagonists. Fourteen-year-old Trojan princess Cassandra worries about the responsibility of acting as kanephoros—
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