By Betsy Bird

Illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi

On Sale: Jun 1, 2027
Page Count: 48 pages
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN-13: 9781454966876
Age Range: 4–8

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It’s Storytime at the library, and the Secretary Bird is ready to read some fairy tales to the little ones. But who’s that mischievous character sneaking into familiar tales like “Hansel and Gretel” and “The Princess and the Pea” at the crucial moment, stirring up ridiculous, hilarious new endings? It’s the weasel from the nursery rhyme “Pop Goes the Weasel” — and the Secretary Bird is not amused! How can Snow White bite the poisoned apple when a weasel POPS right out of it? And how can the witch eat Hansel and Gretel when the weasel POPS of out the oven? The fractured fun just keeps multiplying, until the Secretary Bird herself ends up in Fairy Tale land, at a blowout party featuring apples, gingerbread, peas, and one happy, triumphant weasel.

Fairy tale lovers young and old will thrill to this funny, unfettered read-aloud from the creators behind POP! GOES THE NURSERY RHYME.

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Betsy Bird is the collection development manager of Evanston Public Library and writes the blog A Fuse #8 Production for School Library Journal. Betsy is the author of Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, The Great Santa Stakeout, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, and the middle-grade novel Long Road to the Circus, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist David Small. She lives in Illinois.

Andrea Tsurumi (they/them) is the author and illustrator of the picture books Accident!, Crab Cake, and I'm on It! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) and the illustrator of books including Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme, written by Betsy Bird, My Head Has a Bellyache, written by Chris Harris, Mr. Watson's Chickens, written by Jarrett Dapier, and the Kondo & Kezumi series, written by David Goodner. They live in Philadelphia, PA. Visit Andrea at andreatsurumi.com.

Betsy Bird

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Betsy Bird is the collection development manager of Evanston Public Library and writes the blog A Fuse #8 Production for School Library Journal. Betsy is the author of Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, The Great Santa Stakeout, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, and the middle-grade novel Long Road to the Circus, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist David Small. She lives in Illinois.

Andrea Tsurumi (they/them) is the author and illustrator of the picture books Accident!, Crab Cake, and I’m on It! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) and the illustrator of books including Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme, written by Betsy Bird, My Head Has a Bellyache, written by Chris Harris, Mr. Watson’s Chickens, written by Jarrett Dapier, and the Kondo & Kezumi series, written by David Goodner. They live in Philadelphia, PA. Visit Andrea at andreatsurumi.com.

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