![]() Though children who are not familiar with the fairy tales might enjoy this story, much would be missed. She is a refreshing, strong female character who faces danger without tears and solves problems with dispatch. Ketti learns, of course, that she is special and that there's no place like home. ![]() ![]() Pint-size literary allusions abound as Ketti is embroiled in a heroic adventure to earn her (and the rat's) happily-ever-after. He whisks her through a wormhole into fairy-tale land to find a prince to kiss Sleeping Beauty. ![]() Ketti is the middle child and feels she isn't special at all?until she meets a rat who learned to talk when he was Cinderella's coachman. Grade 3-5?The book's title brings to mind a fairy tale, and in this case several fairy tales are stirred up into quite a pleasant concoction for well-read (or read to) youngsters. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |