{"id":19509,"date":"2022-01-02T16:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T21:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19509"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:38:20","slug":"valor-wands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19509","title":{"rendered":"Valor: Wands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valor: Wands<\/a><\/em> (2018) Isabelle Melan\u00e7on, Megan Lavey-Heaton Editors<\/p>\n

\"Valor
\n\u201cThe Prince\u2019s New Clothes\u201d by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton
\n\u201cMom Knight and The Centipede\u201d by Sara Goetter
\n\u201cThe Magnificent Daji\u201d by Alex Singer and Diana Huh
\n\u201cMaleen\u201d by Nicole Chartland
\n\u201cMarie and The Nutcracker\u201d by Emily Hann
\n\u201cThe Laughing Queen\u201d by Gisele Weaver
\n\u201cThe Princess with No Reflection\u201d by Camilla Fortuna
\n\u201cThe Promise\u201d by J.M. Frey and Angelica Maria Lopez
\n\u201cSwan Lake\u201d by Natalie Riess
\n\u201cThe Six\u201d by Faye Simms
\n\u201cA Little Bird Told Me\u201d by Justin Lanjil
\n\u201cSisters\u201d by Ru Xu
\n\u201cLizard King\u201d by Abby Howard
\n\u201cThe Dance of Spring\u201d by Aliza Layne
\n\u201cThe Robber Girl Tells Her Story Over A Round of Cards\u201d
\nby Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein and Sarah Stern
\n\u201cThe Glass Knight\u201d by Capp & Lin
\n\u201cDragonslayers Not Permitted\u201d by Jasmine Walls
\n\u201cSpell It Out\u201d by Ashanti Fortson
\n\u201cSong Without End\u201d by Rennie Kingsley
\n\u201cSunkissed\u201d by Sam
\n\u201cThe Dragon Princess\u201d by Amet
\n\u201cHeartless\u201d by Kickingshoes
\n\u201cThe Rose\u201d by Mildred Louis
\n\u201cThe Giant Who Dreamed of Elves\u201d . by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton
\n\u201cThe Doctor and The Curse\u201d by Joanne Webster and Isabelle Melan\u00e7on<\/p>\n

Reimagined or invented fairy tales about women and girls of all colors, shapes, sizes, and interests.<\/p>\n

\"Valor<\/p>\n

Although I didn’t love this quite as much as I did the previous book, it is still magnificent.<\/p>\n


<\/p>\n

\"Valor<\/p>\n

So, so gorgeous!<\/p>\n

Publisher: Fairylogue Press
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n


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Valor: Wands (2018) Isabelle Melan\u00e7on, Megan Lavey-Heaton Editors \u201cThe Prince\u2019s New Clothes\u201d by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton \u201cMom Knight and The Centipede\u201d by Sara Goetter \u201cThe Magnificent Daji\u201d by Alex Singer and Diana Huh \u201cMaleen\u201d by Nicole Chartland \u201cMarie and The Nutcracker\u201d by Emily Hann \u201cThe Laughing Queen\u201d by Gisele Weaver \u201cThe Princess with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,2,48,6,204,9,291,148,39,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-fantasy","category-female","category-folk-fairy-tales","category-good","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","category-queer","category-sword-sorcery","category-young-adult"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-54F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13618,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13618","url_meta":{"origin":19509,"position":0},"title":"Valor: Swords","author":"Michelle","date":"November 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Valor: Swords (2015) edited by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton Fairy tales do not inform children that there is such things as monsters. 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