![]() ![]() The most straightforward retelling is “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.” There isn’t a lot of deviation from the original fairy tale the reasons for the dancing, though, are that the family is cursed so the antagonist is on the outside. Two of them are retellings of classic tales, “ The Twelve Dancing Princesses” and “The Princess and the Frog”, and two of them are originals, “The Stolen Princess” and “The Hunting of the Hind.” It’s not a novel though there are 4 short stories in the book. ![]() It said that this book was aimed for 10-12 year olds, so I thought it would be a good idea to give it a try. It was part of the Big Library Read program where the company that handles ebooks for the library, Overdrive, decided to let everyone borrow this book and even provided points of discussion for book clubs. The Door in the Hedge came on my radar as I was trolling through the Toronto Public Library ebook website. ![]()
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