{"product_id":"0702730582497","title":"Small Town By The Sea (Connecticut)","description":"A girl brought up to be a wolf, two sisters who could out-swim a mermaid, a vengeful and merciless piper, a really real princess and a little man in search of love.\u003cp\u003eFive captivating stories for you to enjoy - two original and three novel retellings of fairy tale classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wolf Cub\u003cbr\u003eIf you were raised to be a wolf, how would you ever know you were human?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA murderous witch orders that her step-daughter is killed in the woods. Yet instead, the child is raised by a kindly she-wolf, exactly as she would have raised her own cub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrought up as a wild wolf, the girl nevertheless knows that she is different. And when the time comes for her to leave the forest she must learn all over again what it means to be human and who she really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA princess, a witch, magic, wolves and an awkward question of identity - it all makes for a refreshing take on the classic theme of the lost girl in the woods, a tale with a twist for a new readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLes Soeurs de Sirène de la Seine-Maritime\u003cbr\u003eA story to celebrate the extraordinary lives of two of the most remarkable swimmers in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn nineteenth century France the astounding Dalle twins, Anaïs and Collette - 'Les Soeurs de Sirène de la Seine-Maritime' (The Mermaid Sisters of the Seine Estuary) - became renowned for their unparalleled feats of swimming and diving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether and aged only fifteen they were the first to venture into the vast and dangerous salt-marshes where the river Seine empties into la Manche (the English Channel), bringing to the world the most expensive oysters ever served in a Parisian restaurant - 'L'Huître des Soeurs Dalle' (the Dalle Sisters Oyster).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were painted by a then unknown artist, Georges Seurat, and, for three years, were also the star act at the famous Grand Bain de Piscine Deligny (the 'floating' swimming pool), becoming the talk of Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pied Piper\u003cbr\u003eIn this darker retelling of the original, the Pied Piper exacts a terrible vengeance against those who betray him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Hamelin there is an old saying- \"If you wound a man well enough it is a sin not to kill him too, because an injured man left alive will seek out his revenge, doing more evil than that done to him.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people of the town should have kept to their saying - it would have been better for them if they had...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Princess and the Pea\u003cbr\u003eWho would want to be a 'proper princess'?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf being carried around, staring out of castle windows, not wearing out your shoes and endlessly having your hair combed were not bad enough, try sleeping atop a one hundred foot mountain of mattresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's all in a day's work as a useless prince sets off to find his equally useless princess in this quirky retelling of the classic fairy tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumpelstiltskin\u003cbr\u003eA mean and greedy king is nothing but trouble, especially for a daughter whose father cannot stop boasting about just how wonderful she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocked in the royal palace, if the poor girl can't spin straw into gold she risks ending up a head shorter. And when a magical and mysterious man comes to her rescue, you can be sure things are only going to get more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumpelstiltskin reappraised, for those of us who thought the original didn't quite end properly...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SUPER D INDEPENDENT DIST.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47093437792496,"sku":"0702730582497","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0702730582497_p0.jpg?v=1763518817","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0702730582497","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}