Tales From Beyond the Rainbow: Ten LGBTQ+ fairy tales proudly reclaimed

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The author took 10 fairy / folklore tales and reclaimed them into stories of adventure, resilience and celebrating LGBTQ+ characters. Firstly, I love the concept of this book! Whilst new queer stories or lgbtq+ retellings are hitting the shelves (which is great!) it’s also awesome to see original stories dug up from history which celebrate queerness. I hadn’t heard of any of these folklore tales before, but the vibes fit right in with the well known fairytales I grew up with. Wood took different approaches to each story, and there’s a really good appendix that explains the origin of each story and any changes made. Often these changes have been made regarding transgender or gender non-conforming characters, to better reflect our modern understanding of gender. All of the stories hold up very well on their own, but that extra information is very interesting to those who might want to look deeper into the story. Ten captivating stories of adventure and resilience celebrating LGBTQ+ characters, published as an illustrated collection of queer classics for the first time.

Tale of the Dragon. The target spews fire from the mouth in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking fire damage equal to four rolls of your Bardic Inspiration die on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.You can use an action to choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you (this can be you) to be the target of the tale’s effect. Once you do so, you can’t bestow the tale’s effect again until you roll it again. Representative of so many members of the community and brought to life with vibrant illustrations' - Independent I loved each tale, there wasn’t one I didn’t love, although I do hold a special place in my heart for The Girl In The Market, The Falcon in the Garden and The Ivory City. This is a wonderful anthology for the middle grade reader , it’s target audience , but also for adults to read with their children, to read for themselves. This book is not just there for the LGBTQ children, it’s their for parents, friends, their whole community to help support them and give a connection. It’s truly a gift. Tale of the Runaway. The target can immediately use its reaction to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. When the target teleports, it can choose a number of creatures it can see within 30 feet of it up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 0) to immediately use the same reaction. Tale of the Beguiler. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take psychic damage equal to two rolls of your Bardic Inspiration die, and the target is incapacitated until the end of its next turn.

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