Gender Swapped Fairy Tales [Hardcover]

Imagine a world where kings prick their fingers as they sew, wolves wear heels, and princesses race to rescue sleeping princes...

People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales  to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change..

They havent rewritten the stories in this book. They havent reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders.

It might not sound like that much of a change, but youll be dazzled by the world this swap creates  and amazed by the new characters youre about to discover.SI"I only intended to look at it . . . but I’m completely drawn in. I love it. The language is fantastic. The gender swaps I hope will undo all my unconscious bias and I’ll find my inner power! Fabulous." — Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read

"Startling and refreshing, thought-provoking and unique, this book will stay with me. Its genius is that it feels like a timeless classic – beautifully illustrated, a joy to share – even as it shakes the gender stereotypes in our most beloved stories by their roots." — Jess Kidd, author ofMurder at Gulls Nest

"We were both fed a strict diet of fairytales as children so we were instantly captivated by Karrie and Jonathan’s impressive reimaging of these age old tales. We were shocked that the simple premise of gender swapping the characters completely changed the way we connected to the stories. What would it have been like for Dev to grow up in a world where he was being read stories about vulnerable melS–