Leaping Beauty

By: Gregory Maguire

Narrated by: Gregory Maguire

Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairy tales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliant, funny, and nationally best-selling author of the adult novel Wicked as well as the hilarious middle-grade series The Hamlet Chronicles.

Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that the ageless, exquisite Cinderella could be recast as the silly story of an enormous yet lovable elephant who plods along to the ball with glass pie plates on her feet; or that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes, and one very bad walrus.

Take the Leap

Leaping Beauty is a great collection of fun stories for kids and adults. The best part is that it is read by the author. Each story lights up with charm and humor. Go for it.

Fair listen.

I thought the stories were imaginative and amusing. However, I did not like the narrator. I think some authors should leave the narration to the professionals.

It's not great

It's more of a children story book with animals the roles of humans. But it's dus have some interesting turn I'm each story.

Wonderful and fun

Our whole family loved this book. We have now adopted some of the expressions, "So What". The only negative is that the book ended.

So funny!

This is a lovely collection of stories. They're all so witty....it was an absolute hoot to listen to. I don't know how many times I had to stop myself from blurting out "HA!" at the gym or on the bus...