Genre: Children's
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Apparently, Josh Funk doesn’t want people to tell him how stories should end (or begin for that matter) so he decided to write fairy tales the way he imagined them. Move over Hans Christian Anderson, I have become a Josh Funk fan girl. I suspect that this tale, It's Not Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor, is aimed for the mommys and daddys who spend endless hours reading to their children. While the dialog between Hansel and Gretel is witty enough, it is the lines where the author tries to get these two lost children to listen to him that made me laugh out loud.
I also enjoyed the current issues that author Funk wove into his fairy tale. Feminism was front and center when Gretel wants to know why the story isn’t called Gretel and Hansel, and food waste is frowned upon when a bread crumb trail is mentioned.
The illustrations in this book were fun to look at, and the author threw in characters from other stories (hello Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk) to keep his audience interested. This is the first Josh Funk book that I read, but I guarantee that it won’t be the last.
- Beverly
Publisher - Two Lions
Date of Publication - March 1, 2019
I also enjoyed the current issues that author Funk wove into his fairy tale. Feminism was front and center when Gretel wants to know why the story isn’t called Gretel and Hansel, and food waste is frowned upon when a bread crumb trail is mentioned.
The illustrations in this book were fun to look at, and the author threw in characters from other stories (hello Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk) to keep his audience interested. This is the first Josh Funk book that I read, but I guarantee that it won’t be the last.
- Beverly
Publisher - Two Lions
Date of Publication - March 1, 2019
