A Wolf at the Door: and Other Retold Fairy Tales (Aladdin Fiction)

These are not your mother's fairy tales... Did you ever wonder how the dwarves felt after Snow White ditched them for the prince? Do you sometimes wish Cinderella hadn't been so helpless and petite? Prepare to see fairy tales from a completely new angle! The Months of Manhattan / Delia Sherman Cinder elephant / Jane Yolen Instructions / Neil Gaiman Mrs. Big / Michael Cadnum Falada / Nancy Farmer A Wolf at the door / Tanith Lee Ali Baba and the forty aliens / Janeen Webb Swans / Kelly Link The Kingdom of Melting Glances / Katherine Vaz Hansel's eyes / Garth Nix Becoming Charise / Kathe Koja The Seven stage a comeback / Gregory Maguire The twelve dancing princesses / Patricia A. McKillip. A fantastical compilation of short stories revisits and reinvents classic fairy tales, from a Cinderella who isn't dainty to what life was like for the Seven Dwarfs after Snow White left them, and includes such contributors as Jane Yolen, Neil Gaiman, Nancy Farmer, and Katherine Vaz. Reprint. Presents thirteen short fantasy stories based on classic fairy tales, written by a variety of authors including Jane Yolen, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, and others. Liz Wallach was a pretty good kid.