Mirror Mirror

Author: Marilyn Singer

Mirror Mirror

What’s brewing when two favorites—poetry and fairy tales—are turned (literally) on their heads? It’s a revolutionary recipe: an infectious new genre of poetry and a lovably modern take on classic stories.

First, read the poems forward (how old-fashioned!), then reverse the lines and read again to give familiar tales, from Sleeping Beauty to that Charming Prince, a delicious new spin. Witty, irreverent, and warm, this gorgeously illustrated and utterly unique offering holds a mirror up to language and fairy tales, and renews the fun and magic of both.

Book Awards:

  • Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010

  • Nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award 2010

  • Nominated for the Cybil Award in Poetry 2010

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Try Marilyn Singer's other books:

Poetry

    • Monday on the Mississippi (2005)

    • Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth (2005)

    • Creature Carnival (2004)

    • How to Cross a Pond: Poems About Water (2003)

    • Fireflies at Midnight (2003)

    • The Company of Crows (2002)

    • Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth (2002)

    • Monster Museum (2001)

    • All We Needed to Say (1996)

    • The Morgans Dream (1995)

    • Please Don't Squeeze Your Boa, Noah! (1995)

    • Family Reunion (1994)

    • Sky Words (1994)

    • It's Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle on your Lap ( 1993)

    • In My Tent (1992)

    • Turtle in July (1989)

Picture Books

    • Let's Build a Clubhouse (2006)

    • Block Party Today! (2004)

    • Boo Hoo Boo-Hoo (2002)

    • Quiet Night (2002)

    • Didi and Daddy on the Promenade (2001)

    • Fred's Bed (2001)

    • On the Same Day in March (2000)

    • Only Me (2000)

    • Solomon Sneezes (1999)

    • Good Day, Good Night (1998)

    • Chester, the Out-of-Work Dog (1992)

    • Nine O'Clock Lullaby (1991)

    • Minnie's Yom Kippur Birthday (1989)

    • Archer Armadillo's Secret Room (1985)

    • Will You Take Me to Town on Strawberry Day? (1981)

    • The Pickle Plan (1978)

    • The Dog Who Insisted He Wasn't (1976)