Ada, Alma Flor. Dear Peter Rabbit.
Presents letters between Goldilocks, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and the Three
Pigs.
Ada, Alma Flor. Yours Truly, Goldilocks.
The Three Pigs, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and Little Red Riding Hood plan
to attend a housewarming party for the pigs and avoid evil wolves in the
forest.
Brown, Ruth. The World That Jack Built.
Jack's action of building a factory on his land has a damaging effect on
his surroundings.
Calmenson, Stephanie. The Principal's New Clothes.
The principal of P.S. 88 is persuaded by tailors that they will make him a
suit visible only to smart people.
Cole, Babette. Prince Cinders.
A fairy grants a small, skinny prince a change in appearance and the
chance to go to the Palace Disco.
Cole, Babette. Princess Smartypants.
Princess Smartypants devises tasks at which her royal suitors fail, until
Prince Swashbuckle appears.
Emberley, Rebecca. Three Cool Kids.
In the heart of a city an enormous rat tries to keep three goats from
crossing the street.
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie
Tale.
An updated version, set on the prairie, of the little girl, her
grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf.
Harris, Jim. Jack and the Giant.
In the Southwest, Jack uses his quick wits to outsmart the giant cattle
rustler, Wild Bill Hiccup.
Jackson, Ellen B. Cinder Edna.
Cinderella and Cinder Edna both end up with the prince of her dreams, but
one is happier than the other.
Johnston, Tony. Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella.
A mistreated step-child finds happiness and the "man" of her dreams
in a forest full of Bigfoot characters.
Johnston, Tony. The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea.
The wealthy daughter of a Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real
cowboy among her many suitors.
Kellogg, Steven. The Three Little Pigs.
Serafina Sow starts a waffle business to help her offspring prepare for
the future, including a surly wolf.
Ketteman, Helen. Bubba the Cowboy Prince.
In Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the
stepson of a wicked rancher.
Levine, Arthur A. The Boardwalk Princess.
Brooklyn siblings Myron and Sadie are victims of a spell cast by a greedy
witch.
Little, Jean. Once Upon a Golden Apple.
Goldilocks lives with the seven dwarfs, a princess kisses a dragon, and a
prince rescues the Wicked Witch.
Lowell, Susan. Little Red Cowboy Hat.
In the Southwest, Little Red rides her pony to Grandma's ranch with a jar
of cactus jelly in the saddlebag.
Lowell, Susan. The Bootmaker and the Elves.
In the Old West, two elves help a poor bootmaker and his wife.
Minters, Frances. Cinder-Elly.
In this rap, an overworked sister goes to a basketball game and meets a
star player, Prince Charming.
Minters, Frances. Sleepless Beauty.
Beauty outwits the wicked witch and arranges for her own happy ending.
Munsch, Robert. The Paper Bag Princess.
A dragon kidnaps Prince Ronald and Princess must rescue him, dressed in a
paper bag.
Scieszka, Jon. The Book That Jack Wrote.
A madcap variation of the cumulative nursery rhyme, this time beginning
when Jack writes a book.
Scieszka, Jon. The Frog Prince, Continued.
When the frog-turned-prince and the Princess don't live happily ever
after, the Prince looks for a solution.
Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A.
Wolf.
The wolf gives his own version of what really happened when he tangled
with the three little pigs.
Stanley, Diane. Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter.
Rumpelstiltskin's daughter can't spin straw into gold, but she is more
than a match for a greedy monarch.
Thaler, Mike. Cinderella Bigfoot.
Cinderella's feet are so big that she's considered a safety hazard and
isn't invited to the royal ball.
Thaler, Mike. Hanzel and Pretzel.
The "Happily Ever Laughter" version of Hansel and Gretel from a
very funny author.
Thaler, Mike. Schmoe White and the Seven Dorfs.
Will Schmoe White lead the Seven Dorfs rock band to the top, or will they
have to keep their day jobs?
Tolhurst, Marilyn. Somebody and the Three Blairs.
A bear explores the home of the three Blairs while they are out.
Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.
An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between
pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.
Vozar, David. M.C. Turtle and the Hip Hop Hare.
Hip Hop Hare challenges M.C.Turtle to a race along the city streets in
this rap.
Vozar, David. RAPunzel.
The story, in rap style with dogs as characters, of a girl with long hair
who is imprisoned by a witch.
Vozar, David. Yo, Hungry Wolf!
A retelling in rap of "The Three Little Pigs", "Little Red
Riding Hood," and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
Yolen, Jane. Sleeping Ugly.
Princess Miserella, Plain Jane, and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell,
to be rescued in a surprising way.
Baehr, Patricia. The Search for Happily Ever After.
Ketti goes through a wormhole to a land of fairy tale characters and helps
Cinderella's coachman-rat.
Baker, E.D. The Frog Princess.
This book is the first in the "Tales of the Frog Princess" series and inspired the Disney movie "The Princess and the Frog." After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.
Brooke, William J. A Telling of the Tales.
Updated versions of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Paul Bunyan, John Henry,
and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Buckley, Michael. The Fairy Tale Detectives.
The first book in the "Sister's Grimm" series. Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.
Conford, Ellen. The Frog Princess of Pelham.
When Danny's kiss turns Chandler into a frog, Danny's tries to change her
back land them on TV.
Krensky, Stephen. The Missing Mother Goose.
A collection of seven humorous stories based on favorite Mother Goose
rhymes.
Lansky, Bruce, editor. Newfangled Fairy Tales: Classic Stories With a
Funny Twist, Vol. 1.
Ten humorous retellings of classic tales.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.
Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any
order given to her.
Levine, Gail Carson. The Fairy's Mistake.
Ethelinda rewards a good sister and punishes another, but her punishment
is better than her reward.
Levine, Gail Carson. The Princess Test.
Lorelei must pass difficult tests to prove that she is a true princess and
win the hand of Prince Nicholas.
McKinley, Patricia. Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the
Beast.
More believable and complex than the traditional tale, this retelling
still holds a magical charm.
McKinley, Patricia. The Outlaws of Sherwood.
Robin Hood gets a new lift as flesh-and-blood outlaws, on the lam from the
gallows, fight for justice.
McKinley, Patricia. Rose Daughter.
McKinley reexplores Beauty and the Beast, with richer characterizations
and a mystical, darker edge.
Napoli, Donna Jo. The Prince of the Pond.
Turned into a frog by a hag, a prince instills a new kind of thinking into
his frog family.
Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid
Tales.
Madcap (to say the least) revisions of familiar fairy tales.
Velde, Vivian Vande. Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters
Weird.
Presents thirteen strange and twisted versions of familiar fairy tales.
Yolen, Jane. Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast.
Parodies or variations of tales, such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff from
the bridge's point of view.
Dahl, Roald. Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes.
Humorous retellings in verse of six fairy tales featuring surprise endings
in place of happily-ever-after.
Geras, Adele. The Tower Room.
Megan lives at the girls' school where her foster mother is headmistress
in this version of Rapunzel.
Geras, Adele. Watching the Roses.
After being raped, a girl withdraws into silent thoughts in this modern
version of Sleeping Beauty.
Napoli, Donna Jo. The Magic Circle.
A good-hearted woman is made a witch by evil spirits until her encounter
with Hansel and Gretel.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Zel.
Rapunzel, told in points of view, and delving into the psychological
motivations of the characters.
Voigt, Cynthia. Orfe.
The story of the love between Orfe, an unusually talented musician, and
Yuri, a recovering addict.
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