All at Once Upon a Time: A Picture Book - Hardcover

by Mara Rockliff (Author), Gladys Jose (Illustrator)

An unexpected and wholly original fractured fairy tale by award-winning author Mara Rockliff, with a hilarious visual narrative from illustrator Gladys Jose--All at Once Upon a Time is a fantastic picture book read-aloud that will have listeners giggling ever after.

Once upon a time
(now, tell me if you've heard this one before)
locked away up in a tower,
lived a princess with the longest . . .
NOSE?

Fairy Tale Land has gotten a shake-up. All the stories are happening at once and . . . not exactly as they used to, once upon a time!

Climbing a beanstalk takes an unexpected twist, Little Red Riding Hood's basket is bursting with an unusual gift for an out-of-the-ordinary grandmother, and Rapunzel's nose grows longer every time she tells another whopping fib!

With a surprise on every page, readers will love trying to guess what happens next.

Author Biography

Mara Rockliff is the award-winning author of dozens of children's books, including Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent, A Perfect Fit: How Lena "Lane" Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion, as well as Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was awarded a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal. She lives in western Massachusetts. Gladys Jose is an illustrator and storyteller. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2012, where she earned a BFA specializing in graphic design. Jose is the illustrator of a number of books for young readers, including Fresh Princess and Clayton Parker Really Really REALLY Has to Pee. She lives in the sunny state of Florida.