All at Once Upon a Time
A Picture Book
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
An unexpected and wholly original fractured fairy tale by award-winning author Mara Rockliff, with a hilarious visual narrative from illustrator Gladys Jose—All at Once Upon a Time is a fantastic picture book read-aloud that will have listeners giggling ever after
Once upon a time
(now, tell me if you’ve heard this one before)
locked away up in a tower,
lived a princess with the longest . . .
NOSE?
Fairy Tale Land has gotten a shake-up. All the stories are happening at once and . . . not exactly as they used to, once upon a time! Climbing a beanstalk takes an unexpected twist, Little Red Riding Hood’s basket is bursting with an unusual gift for an out-of-the-ordinary grandmother, and Rapunzel’s nose grows longer every time she tells another whopping fib!
With a surprise on every page, readers will love trying to guess what happens next.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This fairy tale mash-up from Rockliff and Jose lobs scraps of fairy tales at readers as fast as they can recognize them—and foils expectations, too. Crisp, cartoon-style illustrations open on a princess trapped in a tower with long... hair? No, a long nose that grows every time she fibs. When a prince arrives to save her, he begins to climb a beanstalk, arriving not at the top of the princess's tower but at a giant's house. There, a huge table is set with three bowls: "He tasted the porridge in the first bowl, but it was too hot. The second bowl of porridge was too cold." And the third? It's "just tapioca pudding." As the story continues, Little Red Riding Hood carries a basket full of frogs, and the wolf pricks its paw on a spinning wheel. It's a fast-moving romp that's also a challenge, inviting readers to identify the fractured fairy tales' fragments. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4–8.
