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Grumbles Forest: fairy-tale voices with a twist

What a fun, fabulous book!  Fifteen different fairy tales have each inspired two poems, representing different points of view, focusing on different elements of the story.  For example Cinderella laments in one poems about how much smarter it would have been to wear more comfortable shoes, while her step-sisters brag in the other about how they taught her everything they knew.  A variety of poetic forms are used, and paragraphs in the back provide background on the different variations in these familiar folk tales. This would be a great tool for helping teach students not only about poetry, but about point of view and expanding on familiar tales.  It’s sure to inspire some fabulous creations by the children who enjoy it.