Full name: The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales

Author: John Gardner Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Fantasy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780394833194 0394833198

Four fairy tales featuring a stupid coppersmith's son, a witch unhappy in her profession, a gnome with power to change things, and a fat, bespectacled Jewish boy who hopes to marry a princess. Similar books: The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Mr. Pudgins by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen Little Witch by Anna Elizabeth Bennett The King with Six Friends by Jay Williams The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett Twig by Elizabeth Orton Jones Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant Wings by Christopher Myers Impunity Jane by Rumer Godden Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith A Fox Called Sorrow by Isobelle Carmody The Eyes of the Amaryllis by Natalie Babbitt Beauty and the Beast by Nancy Willard Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams Dot and Tot of Merryland by L. Frank Baum Lucy and the Green Man by Linda Newbery Fairy Dust by Gwyneth Rees The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle Rover Saves Christmas by Roddy Doyle Happily Ever After by Anna Quindlen