Tangled Tales

No fairy tale is safe when author Karleen Tauszik starts thinking, ‘What if...?’ What if Rapunzel got head lice? What if the Big Bad Wolf got asthma? What if Sleeping Beauty drank espresso?  Each short story in the Tangled Tales series uses humor and imagination to make kids think beyond the standard stories they already know. 

Suitable for readers from ages 8 to 12, these short tangled fairy tales are also the perfect length to read aloud to children of all ages. Available in Kindle format only, just 99 cents each.

Itchy: The story of rapunzel—with head lice

Jack Horner likes to sit in his corner as the pharmacist at the Far, Far Away Drug Store. But suddenly he finds himself in the middle of a crisis. Rapunzel has head lice, and the enchantress who holds her prisoner tells Jack he MUST find the cure. It’s a task that seems impossible when Jack looks at the five little bottles of lice medicine on his drug store shelf. Can he do it? Where can he get help? And could this be a chance for Rapunzel (and Jack) to escape from the enchantress forever?

awake: the story of sleeping beauty—with espresso

The impatient Prince Charming awakens Sleeping Beauty after only five years of sleep. She’s delighted, of course, but what happens when the evil fairy finds out her spell has been broken ninety-five years early? Which one will win–Sleeping Beauty’s new found love of the local coffee shop, or the fairy’s attempts to get the her back to sleep?

Wheezing: the story of the big bad wolf—with asthma

The three little pigs are moving into their new brick house, built to the most current hurricane specifications. The straw house got blown down. The stick house didn’t last either. Will this brick house hold up against the notorious Big, Bad Wolf?

But Wolf has worries of his own. He has asthma, so no more huffing and puffing and blowing houses down for him. Will the Big, Bad Wolf turn from his destructive ways? And are the three little pigs safe at last?