Abie Longstaff, Lauren Beard (Illustrator)

The Fairytale Hairdresser and Snow White

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Summary

Kittie Lacey is the best hairdresser in all of Fairyland. . .

Everyone in Fairyland is very worried about Snow White, who has fled from the palace and the wicked queen is on her trail!

Kittie can't stand by while her friend is in danger! So with the help of seven musical dwarves, a magic mirror and a dashing doctor prince, will she be able to save the day?

Have you read any more of Kittie's fairytale adventures?
Fairytale Hairdresser and the Sugar Plum Fairy
Fairytale Hairdresser and Father Christmas
Fairytale Hairdresser and Aladdin
Fairytale Hairdresser and Cinderella

Reviews

A modern setting, plenty of humour (and some real rhyming gems), diverse characters and positive gender roles mix with intertextual references to create a combination which will delight young fairytale fans while appeasing parents who might be concerned about the old-fashioned values of traditional tales.
Library Mice

About the authors

Abie Longstaff

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling, chaos and bossing younger sisters around. So she logically began her career as a barrister. She started writing when her children were born. Her favourite childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley, A Little Princess, Maura's Angel and The Black Stallion and she sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie lives in Hove with her family.

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Lauren Beard (Illustrator)

Lauren Beard is an illustrator based in Manchester. As a child she loved drawing and reading, and would write and illustrate short stories for her two younger brothers. She has been fascinated by animals, fairy tales and folklore since childhood, when she would visit her Irish Grandma and was told to "watch out for the fairies!" Her work is hand-drawn and coloured both digitally and by hand. Lauren enjoys adding little details to her illustrations appealing to children and adults alike. Lauren lives with her cat, Sushi, who keeps her company when drawing.