Lloyd Burton: 4 books

The Lonely Giant is the story of a giant who was orphaned at a tender age and brought up in isolation by aged servants. At the age of eighteen the young Alfred embarks upon a search to find his lost family. Equipped only with the strict moral precepts inculcated by his Scots nurse, he quits his ramshackle...

A collection of three novellas and two short stories. 'The Ugly Sisters' is an imaginative retelling of the story of Cinderella from a different perspective.Were the stepsisters as black as they are painted? Were the slippers really made of glass? As for the pumpkin coach and the mouse footmen, read...

The Travels of Tuckmouse is a tale about the secret world of mice that invisibly interleaves the greater world of human kind. Written for the enjoyment of children and grown-ups alike, The Tales record the history of Toby Tuckmouse, Esquire, shopkeeper of Bluebell Rise in the heart of the nineteenth...

While the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a charming traditional tale for children, adult readers are likely to find it too simplistic for their taste. Were the characters really so black-and-white as they are drawn? Is it credible that the king, the new queen and Snow White were the...