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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
King, Stephen

Hansel and Gretel

48 pp. | HarperCollins | September, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9780062644695 $26.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. King retells the Grimm tale in a “new interpretation” (per an opening note), using Sendak’s set and costume designs from the 1997 Engelbert Humperdinck opera. The lengthy text doesn’t shy away from the tale’s darkness, complete with murderous-stepmother trope. The often comically creepy illustrations (digitally photographed by Stinehour Editions) hold nostalgic appeal for Sendak fans; wooded archways (somewhat repetitively used) welcome readers into the woods.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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