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Violet and Victor Write the Most Fabulous Fairy Tale
40 pp.
| Little |
January, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-316-21202-1$17.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Bethanie Deeney Murguia.
In their second outing, twins Violet and Victor antagonistically team-write a story: Violet is writing a fairy tale, but Victor is only interested in facts about Australian animals. The resulting hybrid tale humorously reflects the trajectory of the twins' conflict. The inventive illustrations incorporate real objects--in particular, pages from repurposed books--and rise to the metafictive challenge of the dual narrative.