A Collection of Modern Tales of Our Life And Times

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
ISBN 002542730X / 9780025427303 / 0-02-542730-X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Language: English
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 1994
Condition: Excellent

James Finn Garner has taken 12 time-tested tales and retold them with the newfound sensitivity of our times. Heres a snippet from "Little Red Riding Hood":

The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isnt safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone."

Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if youll excuse me, I must be on my way."

Leap into a fairy-tale world where trolls are "dirt-accomplished and odor-enhanced," witches are "kindness-impaired," and Cinderella wears a gown "woven of silk stolen from unsuspecting silkworms." We can only regret that Garner had to exclude "The Duckling That Was Judged on Its Personal Merits and Not on Its Physical Appearance" for space reasons.