Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman & Jonathan Plackett

Imagine a world where kings prick their fingers as they sew, wolves wear heels, and princesses race to rescue sleeping princes…

People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales – to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change..

They haven’t rewritten the stories in this book. They haven’t reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders.

It might not sound like that much of a change, but you’ll be dazzled by the world this swap creates – and amazed by the new characters you’re about to discover.

About the Authors

Jonathan Plackett is a creative technologist, advertiser copywriter and art director who has 10 years worth of experience at single-handedly engaging mass audiences in the millions with his creative websites and apps.

Karrie Fransman writes and draws visual stories and comics that have been published in The Guardian, The Times, The BBC, Time Out, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, The Young Vic, Psychologies Magazine, The Arts Council and The Goethe Institute.