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Gris Grimly's Wicked Nursery Rhymes

by Gris Grimly · 2003

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Join Father Grim and his shady cast of characters on an exploratio n of the dark underbelly of childhood. Darker adaptations of familiary nursery rhymes.

Genre
humorhorrorfantasyfairy tale
Themes
artgothic
Setting
Halloween
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
poetrygraphic novelsshort stories

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