This book is a fascinating play on words that the author dubs “the reverso”.  12 Folk tales inspire the poetry on each illustrated page but if you look further the real magic happens.  Each poem and illustration are split in two, both showing an opposite viewpoint of the same tale, but the poem itself is the same wording, only in reverse with a few punctuation changes. This book is perfect for browsers, as a companion to fairy/folktale studies or poetry units.