The Tale of Mrs M'Grady
By Alison Paige and Paddy Donnelly
ISBN: 9781910265758
In a fairytale town by the edge of the wood, lives a sprightly young lady named Red Riding Hood. Miss Hood is the prey of a mean old lady, known in the town as Mrs M’Grady.
When Hood is kidnapped and hidden away, Jack gathers his neighbours to save the day. He rallies the townsfolk, the great and the good, in a rescue mission to save Miss Hood.
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In a fairytale town by the edge of the wood, lives a sprightly young lady named Red Riding Hood. Miss Hood is the prey of a mean old lady, known in the town as Mrs M’Grady.
When Hood is kidnapped and hidden away, Jack gathers his neighbours to save the day. He rallies the townsfolk, the great and the good, in a rescue mission to save Miss Hood. Mean old M’Grady is up to no good and it’s up to Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White and more to stop her!
Delightfully dreadful and marvelously macabre, Mrs. M’Grady is a brand new take on classic children’s fairytales told in rhyme.
We guarantee you’ve never read a fairytale like this before!
About the Author
Alison Paige is an author from Stockport, Greater Manchester who loves classic fairy stories and writing in rhyme. It’s fitting then that her first book — Mrs. M’Grady — is just that!
About the Illustrator
Paddy Donnelly is an award-winning Irish author and illustrator of picture books. Now living in Belgium, he works in a range of illustration styles and his debut author illustrated picture book, ‘The Vanishing Lake’, won the Gold Medal in the Picture Books category of the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2021. In 2022 he was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal for his picture book with Jeanne Willis – ‘Hom’, while his latest author illustrated picture book ‘Fox & Son Tailers’ was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. He wishes Pluto was still a planet.