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Troll's eye view
a book of villainous tales
By Datlow, Ellen & Windling, Terri
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
Gr 5-8 In their third collection for younger readers, Datlow and Windling have solicited original pieces from 15 well-known authors; the focus this time is on the bad guys of the fairy-tale world. Some tell a traditional tale from the villain's point of view, such as Nina Kiriki Hoffman's "Rags and Riches," a version of "The Goose Girl." Others demonstrate that chang...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Sixteen stories by well-known authors (Garth Nix, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, etc.) provide fairy-tale villains' viewpoints...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling asked their writers “to take a long, hard look at fairy-tale villains.” The fifteen resulting fairy tales and poems are compelling, starting with Delia Sherman’s “Wizard’s Apprentice,” in which a grumpy but not altogether evil wizard saves a boy from his unhappy home. Neil Gaiman’s “Observing the Formalities” is inspired by the fairies in Sleeping Beauty. Like Sherman’s wizard and the fairy who narrates Gaiman’s poem, many of the characters in this collection are complex, multidimensional vill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
