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Wow! This book is fabulous! Just like it’s companion book, “Mirror Mirror,” this book is a series of Reverso poems based on fairy tales, some obvious and familiar, others more obscure.  Reverso poems are two side-by-side poems that use the exact same words, but by reversing the order in which the lines are written and changing punctuation, they completely alter the meaning of the text (often reversing the meaning entirely).  I was grateful for the paragraphs in the back which offer brief synopses of the fairy tales on which the poems are based, as some were unfamiliar to me.  The illustrations and bright and eye-catching and really contribute to setting the two poems against each other. I think this kind of play with words would have applications at all age-levels.  A treat!