Fairy Tales

Robin McKinley can spin a good fairy tale! Back in my BYU days I read "Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast" for my Children's Literature class and I loved it. Recently, my friends Robin & Camille lent me "Spindle's End" and "The Hero and the Crown." They are both great books. Spindle's End is a retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty, but with unexpected twists. The Hero and the Crown is a great coming of age story of a Princess who becomes a Dragon-Killer. It also won the Newbery Medal in 1985. Even though I'm a "grown-up" now I still love reading a good fairy tale that has a great happily ever after!