Review of the Day: Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman

Hansel and Gretel

By Neil Gaiman

Illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti

Candlewick

$16.95

ISBN: 978-1-935179-62-7

Ages 6 and up

When a successful writer of books for adults decides to traipse headlong into the world of children’s literature, the results are too often disastrous. From Donald Barthelme’s self-indulgent Slightly Irregular Fire Engine to the more recent, if disastrous in an entirely different way, Rush Revere series by Rush Limbaugh, adult authors have difficulty respecting the unique pe...