Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs: A Maynard Moose Tale by Willy Claflin and illustrated by James Stimson. I tried to find more images from this book for Youth Art Month, but alas, I didn't find any and I don't own the books themselves. They look like fun and Claflin is winning storyteller awards, but that is the extent of my current information.
Book description from the publisher:
“Once upon a time, a long, long, time ago...” So begins the story of... Rapunzel?... and The Seven, or Eight, or NINE dwarfs?!? Hey, what’s going on here??? Welcome to the slightly off-track world of Maynard Moose and the ancient Mother Moose tales. Willy Claflin channels and translates these tales for our entertainment and enlightenment—or maybe just to confuse us. Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs exemplifies the lesson in many of these stories “...That there ain’t no moral to some stories at all.” Fractured English is translated in the glossary at the front (under a tongue-in-cheek “Parental Warning”). The cast of characters seems oddly familiar, while the plot is ... well, plot is overrated. James Stimson’s delightful digital artwork brilliantly renders the details that add wit and substance to every page.
This is the second book in the Maynard Moose Series by Clayfin. The first was The Uglified Ducky.
Book description from the publisher:
You may think you know the story of the Ugly Duckling, but think again. In the capable hands of his alter ego Maynard Moose, storyteller Willy Claflin takes us on a wacky journey where this Uglified Ducky, a hapless young moose, "blunders away" from his home, is mistaken for a baby duck, and endures endless humiliation as he tries to learn to waddle, quack, swim, and fly. Eventually, he finds his true "fambly," who helps him discover his own beauty. In his fractured English, translated in the glossary at front, Maynard relays a surprisingly tender story that echoes the original tale's theme of the struggle to belong. The Uglified Ducky's quest is playfully but sympathetically interpreted in James Stimson's luminous, droll gouache illustrations.
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