Beauty and the Serpent: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals

Students who break the rules at Ernestine Wilde Alternative High School get sent to see Ms. Lavinia Drumm, the librarian. Tall and exotically dressed, wearing strange jewelry and voluminous shawls, and holding a carved shillelagh, Ms. Drumm is known for her uncanny storytelling. She bangs her shillelagh, sits atop a table, and begins her tales: of a boy who comes to an untimely end when he tries to teach crows to talk; of a woman who may actually...

By Barbara Ann Porte
Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Level: 7 - 9
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Aladdin (April 14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781416975793
ISBN-13: 978-1416975793
ASIN: 1416975799
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 10408582
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook

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This book has received glowing praise from a number of respected journals, yet I find it difficult to see where the praise is coming from. I used to work for a magazine (albeit an unimportant one) and the stories in this collection are a lot like th

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