AUDIOBOOK
Duration
4h 30m
Year
2025
Language
English

About

Discover ten re-imaginings of fairy tales, folk tales, and even a Mother Goose rhyme in this heartwarming collection. Journey across the plains of Nebraska and Kansas and explore the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado with characters from the "Once Upon a Western" series-or meet them for the first time! Encounter a mattress filled with apples, a runaway basket of gingerbread, a house that looks like a shoe, a disappointing Christmas tree, and a Halloween prank gone wrong. Each short story brings a classic tale to life, offering fresh adventures and cozy charm in the Old West.

Stories included:
• "None Too Particular" (The Princess and the Pea)
• "Let Down Your Hair" (Rapunzel)
• "I'll Do It Myself" (The Little Red Hen)
• "No Match for a Good Story" (Scheherazade)
• "Run, Run" (The Gingerbread Man)
• "Who Lived in a Shoe" (There Was an Old Woman)
• "The Ugly Evergreen" (The Ugly Duckling)
• "The Wind Makes a Poor Husband" (The Mouse's Marriage)
• "The Blizzard at Three Bears Lake" (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
• "Gruff" (Three Billy Goats Gruff)
Born only a few miles from where Jesse James robbed his first train, Rachel Kovaciny has loved the Old West all her life. She now lives in Virginia with her husband and their three homeschooled children. In her free time, Rachel writes a column about Old West history for the "Prairie Times," reads, bakes, blogs, watches movies, and daydreams.
Her book "My Rock and My Refuge" was the 2023 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction and the 2023 PenCraft Awards 2nd place winner for Christian Historical Fiction.
Her book "Cloaked" was a finalist for the 2018 Peacemaker Awards for Best Western YA/Children's Fiction.

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