Flipped Over Fairytales

by Tanita Davis | Posted on June 26, 2006November 20, 2018

The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight is a book of short fairytales from the European tradition that include a fair number of more modern tales, including one from Tanith Lee and Jane Yolen. In these tales, the strictures of behavior are overturned and princesses rebel against their roles, the second son turns out to be a daughter, and the selkies aren’t held hostage, but come and go as they please. A fun addition to the fairytale pantheon.

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tanita s. davis is a writer and avid reader who prefers books to most things in the world, including people. That's ...pretty much it, she's very awkward and she can't even tell jokes. She is, however, the author of eleven books, including Serena Says, Partly Cloudy, Go Figure, Henri Weldon, The Science of Friendship and the Coretta Scott King honored Mare's War. Look for her new MG, book Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes September 2025 from HarperCollins Childrens' Books.

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