Once upon a twisted tale4/1/2023 ![]() Please remember to leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway of either a signed copy of Gayle’s new book (it launches next week!) or a pb manuscript critique from her…what a generous prize!!!!Īnd don’t forget that the best gift you can give a beloved author is to buy her book, review her book, tell a friend about the book, and/or ask your library to purchase a copy for their collection. For detailed instructions, please check out this wonderful website that is chock full of diorama info: Īnother fun activity might be to have the kids write their own fractured fairy tales in prose or poetry form. And after reading these fractured fairy tale poems, what could be better than doing a scene where you have fun with the characters and the settings. Sometimes for school and sometimes just for fun…but what I remember most is that I loved sitting at the kitchen table with my mom, cutting out pictures from magazines and catalogues and fashioning little stick figures from clothespins, cutips, or popsicle sticks. When I was a kid, we made dioramas all the time. Fabulous illustrations that are full of fun. ![]() Rollicking rhyme which I love and kids love it, too.From a frog, who thinks he’s Sleeping Beauty, to a cool-rappin’ fairy godmother who sends Cinderella to a Hip-Hop Ball, to a boy who waits beneath a stone bridge to fool trolls, Once Upon a Twisted Tale is a rollicking, rhyme-filled poetry collection that can be read for sheer amusement or used in a classroom to compare original tales to the twisted tales as per Language Arts requirements. Good ‘fractured fairytales’ twist the child reader’s perspective on the story, showing other possibilities. Themes: Fractured Fairy Tales, Poetry, Humorīy the middle grades, children know the storylines of familiar fairytales, which makes them all the funnier when they veer off in different directions. Published by Spork/Clear Fork Press (2019) And the winner is:Ĭongratulations, MARSHAELYN…I’ll be in touch soon for your address to I can send you the books!Īnd now, back to our regularly scheduled program: Perfect Picture Book Friday I’m celebrating that they are Storm sisters and the winner will receive a copy of their first book: SHIMMER: SONGS OF NIGHT and their brand-new book: GLIMMER: SING OF SUN. Krause who is generously offering the winner of the giveaway the choice of either a signed copy of her new book or a pb manuscript critique…WOW! So please make sure you leave a comment today AND tomorrow…and then you’ll have two chances to win.īut before we get to the review, we need to take care of the prizes from our last giveaway…the fabulous author – illustrator team of Raven Howell and Carina Povarchik. And tomorrow, we’ll be chatting with the author, the lovely Gayle C. Up today for Perfect Picture Book Friday is a brand-new just-about-to-be-launched ONCE UPON A TWISTED TALE. Hello dear friends! It’s another double-header weekend here at Picture Books Help Kids Soar.
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