Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Expanded edition with a new story: The duckling that was judged on its personal merits

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In this bestselling classic, James Finn Garner has rewritten classic stories for more enlightened times; from Snow White's relationship with seven vertically challenged men, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma and the cross-dressing wolf who set up an alternative household based on mutual respect and cooperation, to the Emperor who was not naked but was endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle. This is a parody of the eponymous fairy tale. The well-known ending is not entirely changed, but the outcome of it and moral of the story nonetheless do. Perfect for a trivia night or a long trip, #TrainTeasers will both test your knowledge of this country`s rail system and enlighten you on the most colourful aspects of its long history. Meet trunk murderers, trainspotters, haters of railways, railway writers, Ministers for Transport good and bad, railway cats, dogs and a railway penguin. This is NOT a book for number-crunching nerds. Many of the answers are guessable by the intelligent reader. It is a quiz, yes, but also a cavalcade of historical incident and colour relating to a system that was the making of modern Britain. The definitive, non-exploitative, non-patriarchalist (dontcha hate doing that to the kids?) ... collection of bedtime stories Extremely funny... After one finishes this collection, 'happily ever after' will never seem quite the same'- Publishers Weekly

Kerridge, Jake (February 23, 2023). "The satirist who accidentally predicted Roald Dahl-gate"– via www.telegraph.co.uk. A parody of the Cinderella fairy tale, with a distinctly feminist and anti- lookist twist. The ending is completely different from the original fairy tale.

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The definitive, non-exploitative, non-patriarchalist (dontcha hate doing that to the kids?)... collection of bedtime stories'- Daily Telegraph This little novella transverses the most common fairytales and throws a completely new spin on them. A completely and utterly politically correct spin on them. Cinderella arrived. She was dressed in a clinging gown woven of silk stolen from unsuspecting silk-worms. Her hair was festooned with pearls plundered from hard-working, defenseless oysters. And on her feet, dangerous though it may seem, she wore slippers made of finely cut crystal. The amount of sass condensed in this book is overwhelming. Red Riding Hood screamed, not out of alarm at the wolf's apparent tendency toward cross-dressing, but because of his willful invasion of her personal space. Hilarious in the extreme. My mother, sister and I took turns reading these stories out loud on a car ride. We had several moments where we literally could not speak because we were laughing so hard. When this book was published, it was thought quite humorous. I find it rather trite. But it does raise some intersting questions about the evolution of traditional tales and the "moral lessons" that are embedded in them for children. Tongue-in-cheek, Finn Garner "cleans up" the offensive stereotypes. For instance, in the tale I studied this week, Little Red Riding Hood, when the wolf offers to offered accompany her through the dangerous woods, replies, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way." Grandma, too, exacts her feminist revenge on the woodchopper, who "assumes that womyn and wolves can't solve their own problems without a man's help."

One of those works which cleave an author instantly to your heart... It is beautiful. It demolishes, in few but elegant words, a dozen kinds of silliness' - The Times Well, I find this book somewhat funny yet strange. Prior to this, my only idea of politically correct statements is not to say "poor" but say "financially challenged" or "short/dwarfish" but "vertically challenged". The reason is that most of us Filipinos speak pure English only when we talk to foreigners and because they are visitors here, they are probably too polite not to require us to be very careful with our language (as long as we don't curse or use vulgar terms) to the extent of using politically- correct statements. In our own language, the equivalent of these statements should be the S.I.R. (smooth interpersonal relationship) statements like when we say okay lang (she's okay) when we are referring to the looks of an ugly person. Communicating per se with a non-Filipino in the office is already somewhat of a struggle (we call it nosebleed) so requiring everybody to be politically correct will be quite difficult to do. Satire. Skip it if you dare not like it. And I'm happy to know I never grew up, thank goodness! It was great to meet our childhood favorites in the adult word. The sales of these books went through the roof after the publication date. Wanita yang diambil dari kata “wani” dan “tata”. Orang yang ditata. Perhiasan. Damn, apakah hanya itu arti kaum hawa? sekedar makhluk tanpa otak, tanpa kepribadian yang hanya didandani dan dijadikan perhiasan bagi kaum lelaki? Harga diriku berontak. Aku tak kan pernah lagi mau menggunakan kata wanita (kecuali terpaksa…sekali). Kata “perEmpuan” terdengar jauh lebih bermartabat. Karena “perEmpuan” diambil dari kata “Empu”., yang memiliki. Pemilik. Orang yang dihormati. Satu point inilah yang membuatku tertarik dgn buku ini. Karena dalam seluruh penulisannya, Garner selalu menggunakan kata “perEmpuan” (dengan huruf E besar). Untuk mengingatkan arti penting kaum hawa yang sebenarnya. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, then is the fruit of Garner's labors. We'd like to think that future generations of fairy-tale fans will see this as a worthy attempt to develop meaningful literature that is totally free from bias and purged from the influences of a flawed cultural past.

At last, here is bedtime reading free from prejudice and discrimination of witches, giants, dwarves, goblins and fairies everywhere. For anyone brought up on sexist, racist, sizeist and ethnocentrist reading matter, James Finn Garner's stories have been purged of the influence of an insensitive cultural past to become fables for our times.