The Fairy Tale Fan Club
“Wes Anderson flawlessly portrays the prestigious C. C. Cecily, senior secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club. Cecily encourages kids to write to and get replies from beloved—or reviled—story characters. As delivered by Lydia Fox Sleeping Beauty’s yawn-filled commentary is sleep inducing as she describes her “exciting” life with the Prince. An eight-year-old asks Humpty Dumpty, ‘Are you an egg or a human?’ Portrayed by Richard Ayoade, he responds, ‘No matter, I’m just happy to get out of the shell.’ Most enjoyable is the story characters’ bafflement at words like ‘emoji’ and ‘iPod.’ In responding, Cecily slips in an occasional double entendre for older listeners.”
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Dear Listener,
In this breathtaking book we (finally!) discover the truth about your favorite fairy tale characters and settle several matters, not limited to the following:
• Is the Big Bad Wolf really that bad?
• What happens when Rapunzel finally lets her hair down?
• Why are frogs so attractive?
This is the only book in which actual legends answer the questions that everyone is asking, selected and edited by the only chap who knows, C. C. Cecily, senior secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club.
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