Kilmeny Reade Libros

Sycamore County hides deep in the winding valleys of the Ozark Mountains. Three tiny, peaceful towns lay scattered across acres upon acres of wooded, stony hills. Deep forests march up silent hills, over rough and rocky boulders, around mysterious caves, into sudden sinkholes, and down to the edges of clear, ice-cold streams. And along one of the many winding, unpaved back roads stands the tiny, white-washed dwelling of Freida Capps, which is where our tale begins

A sarcastic folklorist has it in for Fairyland... Seven fairytale heroines will save themselves instead of waiting for someone else to do it... And the search for Fairies goes on. In this collection, you will find short stories and essays dealing the magic and wonder of fairyland. Anything can happen once you step through that mysterious portal... Included in this Dance the Kingdom Down (12 Dancing Princess's flashfiction) Love is Not a Diamond (Toads and Diamonds flashfiction) A Silence That Stings (The Wild Swans flashfiction) I’d Rather Marry a Frog (Frog Prince flashfiction) A True Reflection of Me (The Long-Nosed Prince flashfiction) Wind Walker (Snow White and Rose Red flashfiction) Wooden Cloak (Katie Woodencloak flashfiction) Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers (Cinderella essay) Gorgeous Girls and Beastly Folk (Beauty and the Beast essay) Falling Into Fairland (a pocketbook on how to find fairies)

Creativity is definitely a work in progress. In fact, it can be downright messy. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just do it. Have fun. Enjoy yourself! Better to have something messy to work with, than a perfect idea in your head and nothing to show for it. That's what this book is all about.

One Folklorist Has Had It and He's Letting Fairyland Have It... ...Does Cinderella ever strike you as a slightly dull Goody Goody? ...Do you ever suspect she is Not Exactly The Sharpest Knife In the Drawer while retelling the tale to your children? ...Do you envy Beauty for her Gargantuan Library more than you do her prince? ...Have you ever thought it Rather Odd of the Beast to make such a fuss over a little rose? You are not alone. The Snarky Narrator feels the same way. And he (unless, perhaps he's a she) is putting that frustration on paper, in a series of witty essays. Here he (maybe she) grapples with these questions about the inhabitants of the fairytales we all know and love and feel exasperation with.