Tales From Beyond the Rainbow
Ten LGBTQ+ fairy tales proudly reclaimed
by Pete Jordi Wood
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Pub Date 1 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 1 Jun 2023
Penguin Random House Children’s UK | Puffin Classics
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Description
Ten captivating stories of adventure and resilience celebrating LGBTQ+ characters, published as an illustrated collection of queer classics for the first time.
These are the fairy tales that history forgot - or concealed. Tales in which gender is fluid and where queer stories can have a happy ending.
Meet the humble sailor who finds his very own handsome prince and the Black trans market girl who becomes queen. Journey to the ends of the earth with an Indian prince, and discover the gay ghosts whose love lasted beyond death.
From Europe to Asia via the African savannah, LGBTQ+ folklore researcher Pete Jordi Wood has combed through generations of history and adapted ten unforgettable stories, each illustrated by an artist who shares heritage with the culture from which the stories were born.
'Representative of so many members of the community and brought to life with vibrant illustrations' - Independent
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780241545423 |
| PRICE | £11.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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Featured Reviews
Andrew H, Reviewer
I won't write a long write-up about each and every story as that will take too long. But I devoured this collection and it filled with such joy to read them.
I do have my fave stories in this collection - The Girl In The Market (illustarted by Mario Hounkanrin), Double-Flower Temple (illustrated by Xin Tang) and The Soldier and the Peasant (illustarted by Nontira Kigle), but all the tales were lovely to read.
Each tale are illustrated by a different artists and each were different and unique. Barring the names I mentioned up, we have Anshika Khullar, Ez Silva, Jenn So, Sasha Staicu, Sophia Watts, Zat Vornik and Pete Jordi Wood, with the cover illustarted by Harry Woodgate. I have a soft spot for the illustrations involved in the stories of Double-Flower Temple, The Soldier and the Peasant and The Ivory City (this is illustarted by Anshika Khullar).
I think this is a wonderful collection and I think, for many a middle grade reader out there, this will be essential reading and maybe even a lifeline.
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