The Witch Demands a Retraction: Fairy Tale Reboots for Adults

Pinocchio Runs for Office The Peeved Piper Not So Snow White and so many more in this twisted collection of adult fairy tales!This hilarious collection of poems by Melissa Balmain puts a grown-up contemporary spin on the stories and characters we all learned as children from Little Red Riding Hood to the Three Bears the Pied Piper and Cinderella; each delightfully depicted in full-color by Ron Barrett (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) one of the best and award winning illustrators in the business.Early Praise for The Witch Demands a Retraction: If youre looking for the perfect bedtime poetry to send your little ones peacefully to dreamland keep moving. In The Witch Demands a Retraction Melissa Balmains poetic retakes of classic fairytales happy endings means something else and Mama Bear finds a clue in her bed that Goldilocks was not after the porridge. Witty cringey and hilarious. For every parent who wants a break from sincerity and for every bad aunt or uncle looking for the perfect gift - this is your book. - Tom Bodett author and NPR personalityThis is an extremely irresponsible book - imprudent unconscionable certain to emotionally scar impressionable children for life. I highly recommend it. - Gene Weingarten syndicated humor columnist The Washington PostLike Leopold and Loeb Balmain and Barrett are a pair that will go down in history-not that Im implying anything. Its just that when the right pair gets together at the right time great things happen. And if a cousin or two had to die for this book? Totally worth it. - Michael Gerber Publisher The American BystanderDoes anyone say OH NO SHE DI-INT! anymore? Because that will be your response to basically every poem in this treat of a book. Balmain turns every fairy tale on its head and shows us its panties none the worse for wear. Just dont be drinking anything while you read because these verses are a recipe for spit takes. Balmain has a warped mind and astonishing wit matched thoroughly by her warm heart. Come for the fart joke stay for the sly and bawdy feminism.- Faith Salie comedian author journalist seen & heard on CBS NPR & PBS