Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

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Imagine a world where princesses in shining armour race to rescue their sleeping princes, kings sit by the window sewing and longing for a child and kind-hearted men are rewarded for looking past the flaws of beastly princesses. Otherwise, there are innumerable retellings: stories from around the world, refusals of fairy-tale endings (and beginnings and middles), and plenty of fun to be had from playing with the genre. Imagine a world where seductive male sirens lure brave heroines to their death, where Icara and her mother fly too close to the sun, and where beautiful men are forced to wed underworld queens… I will share this book with my own family and take into school soon, but for now I am still reading, re-reading and poring over the illustrations for my own reading enjoyment. It is an incredible book and would make the best Christmas gift for young and old!"— MyShelvesAreFull 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 . . .

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They haven’t rewritten the stories in this book. They haven’t reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders. 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 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 haven’t rewritten the stories in this book. They haven’t 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 you’ll be dazzled by the world this swap creates – and amazed by the new characters you’re about to discover.’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 Handsome and the Beast: An Adult Gender Swapped Fairy Tale: Volume 4 (Sexy Gender Swapped Fairy Tales) It was a fairy tale of a year, 2020, meaning that around the world, many of us have been sealed in our towers behind increasingly forbidding forests – though in this case the (vaccination) needle is expected to prove to be the liberator rather than Sleeping Beauty’s imprisoning agent. It was also a fairy tale in that the world’s stories were told in multiple versions, many with unreliable or disputed origins. The world’s superpowers and swarms on social media wrestled to control the narrative. The most horrifyingly apt phrase of the century may be “alternative facts”.

Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman | Goodreads

Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth 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..Jonathan and Karrie (husband and wife) have a daughter whom they wanted “to grow up in a world where little girls can be powerful and where little boys can express their vulnerability without anger.” Karrie ponders “can we not also imagine a world where kings want kids and where old women aren’t witches?” Do we want them to learn that you cannot improve your body by going under the knife? That Cinders cannot hide true beauty, which will attract royal inheritors of unearned wealth? That stepmothers are evil? That fathers are manipulable? That Disney is so ubiquitous that it’s impossible for children to avoid? The classic European fairy-tale versions – Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm – are full of terrific­ally and terrifyingly dramatic moments. In the Grimms’ version of Cinderella, her stepsisters are not pantomime ugly – they are beautiful – but they do have big feet. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{