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Fairy Tales Gone Bad: Zombierella
Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Freya Hartas
(Walker Books)
Fairy Tales Gone Bad: Zombierella
£7.99
Why does the librarian to the forbidden library place his key into ‘the terrifying mouth to the keyhole‘ that holds the rotten books? Thereafter, he reveals Fairy Tales Gone Bad :Zombierella!
Cinderella has her inheritance stolen by her FAKE mother who is ‘all horns, fangs and hooves’. Now she scrubs ‘at the black from the floors/ scum from the baths/ the wax from the ears’. Therefore when the a black sheet of paper ‘in the thickest and reddest ink’ invites the household to attend ‘three balls/ over three nights‘ it is unlikely that Cinders will attend. Yet what if the cruel actions of the fake mother and fake sisters is so devastating that Cinderella is transformed into Zombierella? Thereafter, what if her dead pets, including her pony, Lumpkin, become the cast to her entrance to the haunted mansion, at the hand of the shadow of Death?
Joseph Coelho has reprised the traditional story into something gothic, ghoulish, devilishly funny and original. We are by turns disgusted, awed and thoroughly amused. There are so many turns in Zombierella, albeit through beautifully crafted narrative verse, that we are transfixed (though not as much as Zombierella!).In addition, Freya Hartas’ black and white images are so expressive, funny and dramatic! Bookwagon loves Zombierella. What an original and satisfying graphic story!
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