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The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
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April 1, 2023
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April 30, 2023
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Cheryl
Dec 16, 2022 rated it really liked it
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Discussion April 2023 in the Once Upon a Time group here on GR.

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Amazing. YA and adult - parents should read first then share selections with younger children. Also a good resource for scholars. Two of the later selections, by Barthelme and by Erdrich, I didn't think fit well and I wish I'd skipped. The appendix of biographical notes is going to keep me in 'to-read' books for a long time.

A neat quote from Hawthorne's tale: "... the scarecrow reminds me of
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