Books with title Once Upon a Twice

Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are spending their summer as au pairs--for a royal family! When Jessica sees the beautiful European chateau where they'll be staying for the summer, she feels like she's living in a fantasy world--complete with a prince, a royal ball, and a guarded castle. Is there an evil stepmother too?Elizabeth adores her young charges at Chateau d'Amour Inconnu. The only problem child is Pierre, a 6-year-old who loves to hide from her. While trying to find Pierre one day, Elizabeth gets lost in a vast topiary maze on the castle grounds. What she discovers at the maze's end just might turn her wildest fantasies into reality!

A girl gets into a mouthful of trouble in this modern fractured fairy tale, from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Once upon a time, Cat Starr lived with her astronaut mom in Houston. But when her mother gets sent on a long-term mission, Cat has to move to a far away land—her dad’s house, halfway across the country—and share a room with her real-life evil stepsister, Olivia. Just when Cat can’t take it anymore, Great-Aunt Abyssinia comes to the rescue. And things go from bad to worse.The next morning, Cat opens her mouth and a toad hops out! What’s more, when Olivia speaks, diamonds and flowers appear. How unfair is that? Before you can say "happily ever after," the girls are on the run from jewel thieves and a government agency. Can Cat save the day—and get rid of all those toads?This is an enchanting fractured fairy tale from acclaimed Mother-Daughter Book Club author Heather Vogel Frederick.

An enchanting story of a story, Twice Upon a Time is a charming junior fiction novel by award-winning writer James Norcliffe. What happens when you find yourself trapped inside a story? What happens if the only way out is to solve the riddles of the Very Bad Very Good Storyteller, Mr Aesop Sod? And where, oh where, is Pop? Ginny and her strange new friend, Digger Dagger, must navigate their way through this upside down, topsy turvy world where Don's Dairy has become Nod's Diary, the fish and chip shop is full of tropical fish tanks and wood chips, and the ghost train at the fun fair really is a ghost train. How will the story end? Will Ginny and Digger Dagger find the answers they need? Sometimes the answers are right there in front of you. Award-winning author James Norcliffe has written a delightful story full of wordplay, old-world charm and imagination, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland.

Cindy Grey is a young woman who throughout her life has always been the underdog, her parents prefer her brother and her friend, well not much of a friend but lifetime bully Flow has always taunted her since she was a young child. One day as Cindy is being chased through the woods by Flow and her bullying friends Cindy is struck by a voice calling out her name and telling her she must join them on a quest to save the Mythical Forest. Cindy searches around for the voice that claims to be the Queen only to be greeted by Douglas a talking Fir tree.It is here, Cindy begins her quest through the woods where she is greeted by some bears and a few other strange, yet familiar characters and it is with these people and creatures she begins her journey in to the Mythical Forest where her fate is revealed and she is told she must save the forest and everyone inside it within in just half a day before Sakina the evil witch finds and destroys this magical land. So will you join Cindy Grey, Douglas and other characters that may seem a little familiar to you, on their quest through this twisted tale, if so sit back and take a bite of the peach to and peel your way through this fairy tale treat.

"Once Upon A Time" is a captivating book of witty, imaginative, original fables and stories that excitedly take us to places, views, and lessons that we would never otherwise have considered. These timeless narrations are clever and engaging, whilst the illustrations appeal to the wholesome innocence of young children. "Once Upon A Time" will also delight adults who haven't gone completely sour. The subtle wisdom contained in each of the stories of "Once Upon A Time" allows children and their grown-ups to explore varied topics such as Learning, Environment, Sharing, Support, Self-love, Tolerance, Self-Worth, Letting Go, Acceptance, Teamwork, Allowing, Accepting, Giving, and many more. Therefore, this production is more than a useful piece of practical wisdom.In this literary piece both the narrative and the imagery nurture the soul, intelligence, inner beauty and sense of wonder of all children.