The Day I Fell into a Fairy Tale by Ben Miller - ESSENTIAL

The Day I Fell into a Fairy Tale by Ben Miller, 240 pages. Children's Fiction Simon and Schuster, 2024. $18. 

Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (peril, talk of eating children) 

BUYING ADVISORY:, EL - ESSENTIAL 

APPEALS TO: MANY 

9yo Lana discovers a book of fairy tales in a new discount supermarket. Although the strange man who seems to manage the store tells her they are too scary for her, her mother buys the book and Lana hears the first part of the story of Sleeping Beauty. Her mother agrees that it is probably too scary, and takes away the book - so on her next trip to the store, Lana tries to find another, but instead the odd little man pushes her through a candy bin and Lana finds herself in the story of Sleeping Beauty. She also discovers that there is some real-world danger going on, and now must convince her 12yo brother Harrison to come back into the story with her, as there is a witch to defeat. 

I absolutely loved The Day I Fell into a Fairy Tale. I listened to the audiobook as I read along and found the author's narration delightful. Ben Miller is an actor (he was in Bridgerton) and his reading is so entertaining. With just 22 chapters and lots of plot twists and turns, it would be a perfect bedtime read aloud, a great introduction to fairy tales or even an exciting independent read. Buying and recommending! The characters are British 

Lisa Librarian