Sleeping Beauty and the Snapdragons

Fiona & Frieda's Fairy Tale Adventures

by Nadia Higgins, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator)

Fiona's cousin Barbara-Rose is turning 16 today, and Fiona and Frieda are invited to her birthday party. When they arrive at the party, the girls stumble upon a real fairy-tale disaster. That's when they realize Barbara-Rose is Briar Rose . . . aka Sleeping Beauty! It's up to Fiona and Frieda to use their magic rhyming powers to save Sleeping Beauty from the spindle! Too bad the story from the library has so many mistakes. Will Fiona and Frieda find their own way to a happy ending? Find out in this entertaining, illustrated chapter book suitable for read alouds and beginning chapter book readers. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-8.

79 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Nadia Higgins is the author of 50-plus books for children. She also worked as an editor in the industry for almost ten years. Many of her books have a science bent, though she’s also written about pop stars, car art, and zombies.

Nadia's favorite part of being a writer is doing research. "I'm always looking for that vivid detail or off-the-wall fact," she says. Her books often use humor or fiction techniques to bring a nonfiction topic to life.

Besides writing, Nadia enjoys dancing, making soup, and doing puzzles. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two young daughters.

Reviews

[Aerin · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I only "liked" this book, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty with a cake-decorating prince who plays guitar, it's fresh and funny enough that I think students 1st-3rd grade would love it.