Snow White in New York

Fiona French

Book - 1990

A modern retelling of the fairy tale where Snow White is a society girl, her stepmother is the queen of the underworld, the prince is a reporter, and the seven dwarves are jazz musicians.

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Subjects
Genres
Picture books
Published
Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press 1990, c1986.
Language
English
Main Author
Fiona French (-)
Physical Description
unpaged : ill
ISBN
9780192722102
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Astonishing pictures highlight this sophisticated book about a classy New York dame named Snow White. Her troubles come when her father marries the Queen of the Underworld, who resents Snow White's popularity. Snow White is left by one of the Queen's henchmen to die on the streets of New York, but she stumbles into a club where seven jazzmen make her their singer. She's a hit again, so the Queen throws a party for her, doctoring Snow White's drink with a poison cherry. All of New York turns out for the funeral, but when her coffin is jolted, Snow White wakes up; the cherry was merely lodged in her throat. Suave and witty, this story is elevated by its pictures to dizzying, art deco heights. This might be readers' first look at a unique style of art, but they may wish for a change in the endingSnow White's stepmom should have been given a pair of cement shoes! Ages 5-8. (March) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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