Yolen, Jane

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Contains illustrated retellings of four fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood, " "The Magic Cave, " "The Fox and the Grapes, " and "The Stolen Bread Smells, " each with one or more lunch recipes, and includes fact boxes.

Contains illustrated retellings of four fairy tales, including "Hodja Borrows a Pot, " "The Three Lemons, " "The Great Turnip, " and "Jack and the Beanstalk, " each with a recipe for a dinner dish, and includes fact boxes.

Commander Toad and his spaceship Star Warts answer a mysterious call for help from a flooded asteroid.

A young girl relates the facts that are known about the unexplained disappearance of the crew on the ship Mary Celeste in 1872, and challenges the reader to solve the mystery.

Contains illustrated retellings of four fairy tales, including "The Magic Pot of Porridge, " "The Brewery of Eggshells, " "Diamonds and Toads, " and "The Runaway Pancake, " each with a recipe for a breakfast dish, and includes fact boxes.

One Halloween night a fairy child befriends a human child and together they explore each other's worlds but neither wants to give up his or her own home.

Aliera Carstairs, having always felt like an outcast at school but special in her fencing class, falls for Avery Castle, until a fencing foil with a large ruby on the hilt that her mother found at a sale reveals to her that both Avery and the world around her are not what they seem.

Follows New York City high school fencer Aliera Carstair's continuing adventures as the Defender of the Seelie realm.