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In 17th century Paris, a group of women who called themselves conteuses (female storytellers) came together to weave the very first fairy tales. One of them, Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, actually coined the term ‘fairy tale’ and some of these stories contain many familiar (and well-loved) elements that appear in tales like Rapunzel and Beauty and the Beast. Unfortunately, these women, and their tales, have mostly been forgotten to history. Women of the Fairytale Resistance uncovers seven of these writer’s biographies—and retells 12 of their original stories.

There was once a little girl who was very obstinate and disobedient. Her name was Amy. One day, she said to her parents, "I have heard so much about an old witch that lives in the jungle. I want to go to her house and see what she actually looks like. People say that she is a wonderful old woman. She knows all kinds of magic tricks and has many marvelous and exciting things in her house. I am very curious to see them. I want to learn magic tricks from her. I even heard that she could fly in the sky."

Are you curious about slithery snakes, loungey lizards, spooky spiders, fuzzy ferrets, and freckled frogs? If so, this book is for you! Extreme Pets! introduces all the coolest creatures you’ve been wanting to know more about. You’ll learn about corn snakes, leopard geckos, blue-tongued skinks, veiled chameleons, bearded dragons, green anoles, ferrets, hedgehogs, chinchillas, sugar gliders, rats, Madagascan hissing cockroaches, giant African millipedes, tarantulas, monarch butterflies, silkworm caterpillars, and many more!