![]() ![]() ![]() Matt Phelan’s moody, atmospheric art perfectly suits the graphic-novel master’s new take on Snow White, set as the Depression begins in New York City, where grit and glitz live side by side. “Snow While: A Graphic Novel” by Matt Phelan (Ages 10 and up. An evil wizard who’s just doing his job? A beautiful princess wandering a dangerous forest of Depression-era Hoovervilles? A Cinderella story in which the prince is a rat and a rat is a prince? Why not? A trio of new middle-grade novels dig into old fairy tales and unearth new and intriguing stories that are a delight to read. There may be no deeper well of inspiration than fairy tales, which have been translated, retold, fractured and reimagined, while still hanging on to the archetypes and themes that have made them as ageless as an evil queen at a buffet of innocent hearts. ![]()
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