Fairy Tales!

A mix of classic fairy tales and fairy tale re-tellings.

Updated July 28, 2023
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Fairy tale comics
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From favorites like "Puss in Boots" and "Goldilocks" to obscure gems like "The Boy Who Drew Cats," Fairy Tale Comics has something to offer every reader. Seventeen fairy tales are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format by seventeen...
Peter and the wolf
Prokofiev, Sergey
Paper Book
Sergei Prokofiev composed his Peter and the Wolf in 1936 with the hope of introducing children to the instruments of the orchestra. It happens that he also devised a wonderfully dramatic story. The characters - boy, bird, duck, cat, grandfather, wolf, hunters - and their doings have been...
The house with chicken legs
Anderson, Sophie
Paper Book
An extraordinary retelling of the Baba Yaga myth, this debut novel will wrap itself around your heart and never let go.All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a...
Peter & the Starcatchers
Barry, Dave.
Paper Book
Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a...
Goldilocks and the three bears
Brett, Jan
Paper Book
Jan Brett's richly illustrated take on a classic tale-it'sjust right! Everybody loves the story of the curious little girl named Goldilocks, who made herself quite at home in the house of the three bears. Jan Brett's lavish illustrations for this classic tale, full...
The inside story
Buckley, Michael 1969-
Paper Book
After the shocking ending of The Everafter War, this book picks up with Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck stuck in the Book of Everafter, where all the fairy tales are stored and enchanted characters can change their destinies. The girls (and Puck) must chase the Master through a series of stories, where...
Once upon a crime
Buckley, Michael.
Paper Book
In the long-awaited fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series, the Grimms take on New York City!Surprises abound for Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, fairy-tale detectives extraordinaire. When they venture into the big city, they stumble upon a murder, face betrayal by a friend, and discover an...
The problem child
Buckley, Michael.
Paper Book
A third installment in this much-talked-about new series of mysteries set in a modern-day fairy-tale communityThe sisters Grimm, intrepid detectives of fairy-tale crime, come face to face with their parents' kidnappers, the mysterious organization of Everafters who call themselves The Scarlet Hand....
The sisters Grimm. Book one The fairy-tale detectives
Buckley, Michael 1969-
Paper Book
With the winning combination of Nancy Drew meets Shrek, this first book in the new Sisters Grimm series will entertain with a hilarious mix of mysteries and fairy tale twists.In the tradition of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and The Spiderwick Chronicles comes a new humorous mystery...
The unusual suspects
Buckley, Michael.
Paper Book
With the winning combination of Nancy Drew meets Shrek, this next book in the new Sisters Grimm series will entertain fans with the same hilarious mix of mysteries with fairy tale twists--plus some new, outrageous adventures.In the tradition of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and The...
Charmed
Calonita, Jen
Ebook
Flunked
Calonita, Jen
Ebook
Gilly wouldn't call herself wicked, exactly...but when you have five little brothers and sisters and live in a run-down boot, you have to get creative to make ends meet. Gilly's a pretty good thief (if she does say so herself). Until she gets caught. Gilly's sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale...
Tricked
Calonita, Jen
Ebook
Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Lewis Carroll's timeless classic brought to life by one of the most revered children's book illustrators of our time! Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to...
Beasts and beauty : dangerous tales
Chainani, Soman
Paper Book
You think you know these stories, don't you? You are wrong. You don't know them at all. Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept...
Fairly fairy tales
Codell, Esmé Raji 1968-
Paper Book
Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator Esme Raji Codell has writtten a book that...
Yummy : eight favorite fairy tales
Cousins, Lucy.
Paper Book
Beware -- these fairy tales are not for the faint of heart! Maisy creator Lucy Cousins shifts gears to retell her favorites with vivid, rousing illustrations. Eight classic stories take on new energy as Lucy Cousins ramps up her artwork. In this bold, funny, and unflinching...
Thornwood
Cypess, Leah
Paper Book
This middle grade debut is Sleeping Beauty like you've never seen it before, about a girl who lives in the shadow of her older sister and the curse that has haunted her from birth. For years, Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalin, and the...
A most magical girl
Foxlee, Karen 1971-
Paper Book
From the author of Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy comes the story of a friendship between two girls set in Victorian England, with magical machines, wizards, witches, a mysterious underworld, and a race against time.   Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young...
Ophelia and the marvelous boy
Foxlee, Karen 1971-
Paper Book
"Magic is "messy and dangerous and filled with longing," we learn in this brave tale of grief, villainy and redemption that borrows from the story of the Snow Queen. Set in a vast, chilly museum, the tale brings together a valiant girl, a charmed boy, a magical sword and a clock ticking down to the...
The Grimm conclusion
Gidwitz, Adam
Paper Book
Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim.   Cinderella's stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.   Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half.   And in a tale called "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage," a mouse, a bird, and a sausage...
A tale dark & Grimm
Gidwitz, Adam.
Paper Book
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses,...
In a glass Grimmly
Gidwitz, Adam.
Paper Book
More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classic Take caution ahead-- Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatures abound. Lest you enter with dread. Follow Jack and Jill as they...
Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Lewis Carroll's timeless classic brought to life by one of the most revered children's book illustrators of our time! Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to...
Arthur's tractor : a fairy tale with mechanical parts
Goodhart, Pippa.
Paper Book
A charming picture book starring a hapless farmer who is struggling with what he thinks is a broken down tractor. But behind him, a resourceful princess is being pursued by a dragon who is being persued by a rather useless knight. In the end it's Arthur who winds up saving them all. Arthur's...
Book of a thousand days
Hale, Shannon.
Paper Book
Based on a classic Grimm's fairy tale, this is the story told by Dashti, a maid from the steppes of a medieval land, who sacrifices her freedom to accompany her mistress into exile. Imprisoned in a remote tower after Lady Saren refuses to marry the man her father has chosen, the maid and the lady...
The goose girl
Hale, Shannon.
Paper Book
Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life listening to her aunt's stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. As she grows up Ani develops the skills of animal speech, but is never comfortable speaking with people,...
Mighty Jack
Hatke, Ben
Paper Book
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But...
Mighty Jack and the goblin king
Hatke, Ben
Paper Book
Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone--carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even...
Mighty Jack and Zita the spacegirl
Hatke, Ben
Paper Book
It's the middle-grade team-up of the century as the heroes of New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke join forces to save the world in Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl. Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They've befriended dragons, battled giants,...
Ogre enchanted
Levine, Gail Carson
Paper Book
Set in the world of the Newbery Honor-winning Ella Enchanted, this tale by beloved author Gail Carson Levine stars a clever heroine who is determined to defy expectations--and outwit a fairy's curse. Evie is happiest when she is healing people, diagnosing symptoms and...
Ella enchanted
Levine, Gail Carson.
Paper Book
This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and old.  At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift--the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off...
The door by the staircase
Marsh, Katherine
Paper Book
Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. When an attempted escape through the stove pipe doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, however, a mysterious woman named Madame Z...
Snow & Rose
Martin, Emily Winfield
Paper Book
A fairy-tale reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red from the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Emily Winfield Martin. Filled with stunning illustrations. "Emily Winfield Martin - reimagine s Brothers Grimm fairy tales, treating delight, with a few grisly...
Cinderella = Cenicienta
Mizer, Lindsay
Paper Book
CINDERELLA: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Cinderella as she attends the royal ball with the help of her fairy godmother and captures the prince's heart. Readers will be filled with anticipation as they await what...
Whatever after : seeing red
Mlynowski, Sarah
Paper Book
The enchanting New York Times and USA Today bestselling series continues with installment number twelve! I really want the magic mirror in my basement to take me to my friend's sleepover party. But of course, I end up falling into a fairy tale -- Little Red Riding Hood! ...
Spill the beans
Mlynowski, Sarah
Paper Book
The enchanting New York Times and USA Today bestselling series continues with installment number 13!The New York Times bestselling series!My brother Jonah's dream has come true. We have FINALLY landed in his favorite fairy tale: Jack and the Beanstalk!It's a lot of...
Kate and the beanstalk
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Paper Book
Mary Pope Osborne and Giselle Potter's funny, magical retelling of a favorite fairy tale featuring Kate, a new and inspiring heroine. Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum'un, I smell the blood of an Englishwoman. Be she alive or be she dead, I'll grind her bones to make my bread...
Jack and the beanstalk = Juan y frijoles magicos
Ottolenghi, Carol 1959-
Paper Book
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Jack as he watches in amazement as his magic beans grow into a beanstalk that reaches beyond the clouds! CLASSIC STORIES: This classic tale, retold...
The little red hen = la gallinita roja
Ottolenghi, Carol 1959-
Paper Book
BOOK FEATURES: * 32 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Bilingual format with both English and Spanish text * The classic Little Red Hen story with illustrations * Helps to strengthen reading skills * Part of the Keepsake Stories Collection THE LITTLE...
Pinocchio = Pinocho
Ottolenghi, Carol 1959-
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PINOCCHIO: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Pinocchio on his journey to becoming a real boy as he is tricked by the sly fox, turned in to a donkey, and swallowed by a whale! CLASSIC STORIES: This classic...
Sleeping Beauty = La bella durmiente
Ottolenghi, Carol 1959-
Paper Book
SLEEPING BEAUTY: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Sleeping Beauty as she is tricked by a wicked witch and falls into a deep, deep sleep. Readers will eagerly continue the story to see if the prince can find her and wake...
Gone with the wand : a fairy's tale
Palatini, Margie.
Paper Book
Bernice, the godmother of all fairies, is having a very badwand day. A very bad wand day, indeed. It's time to lookfor another fairy tale! It's up to Edith the tooth fairy tohelp Bernice find her magical powers again, or else Bernice will be forced to give up her wand.Margie Palatini's...
Goldilocks and the three bears = Ricitos de oro y los tres osos
Ransom, Candice F. 1952-
Paper Book
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of three bears that are in for quite a surprise when they return home and realize that a curious girl has made herself at home in their cottage! ...
Peter and the wolf
Raschka, Christopher
Paper Book
Sergei Prokofiev composed his Peter and the Wolf in 1936 with the hope of introducing children to the instruments of the orchestra. It happens that he also devised a wonderfully dramatic story. The characters - boy, bird, duck, cat, grandfather, wolf, hunters - and their doings have been...
Once upon another time
Riley, James 1977-
Paper Book
Storybook characters collide in this first book in a new trilogy of twisted fairy tales from New York Times bestselling author James Riley, set in the world of his popular Half Upon a Time series--perfect for fans of Fablehaven and Chris Colfer's A Tale of Magic series! ...
The Duchess of Whimsy : an absolutely delicious fairy tale
De S?ve, Randall.
Paper Book
The great New Yorker artist Peter de Seve teams up with the author of bestselling Toy Boat in a slightly outrageous fairy tale. The Duchess of Whimsy is fancy and fussy--and definitely not ordinary--surrounding herself with wild friends, fabulous foods, and fancy dress. The Earl of...
Twinderella : a fractioned fairy tale
Schwartz, Corey Rosen
Paper Book
Turns out you only know half of the story of Cinderella - find out the rest in this mathmatically enjoyable fractioned fairy tale! Cinderella had a twin sister, Tinderella. They each did half the housework, half the mending, and half the mean step-sister tending. But when they...
The true story of the 3 little pigs
Scieszka, Jon.
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A spoof on the three little pigs story, this time told from the wolf's point of view. Lane Smith also illustrated Hallowe'en ABC which was one of The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year.
Rump : the true story of Rumpelstiltskin
Shurtliff, Liesl.
Paper Book
This funny fractured fairy tale goes behind the scenes of Rumpelstiltskin. New York Times Bestselling author Liesl Shurtliff "spins words into gold [Kirby Larson, Newbery Honor winner]." In a magic kingdom where your name is your destiny, 12-year-old Rump is the butt...
Sisters of the Neversea
Smith, Cynthia Leitich
Paper Book
Five starred reviews! In this beautifully reimagined story by NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek), Native American Lily and English Wendy embark on a high-flying journey of magic, adventure, and courage to a fairy-tale...
Breadcrumbs
Ursu, Anne
Paper Book
The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale. Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and...
Frogged
Vande Velde, Vivian
Paper Book
One should be able to say of a princess "She was as good as she was beautiful," according toThe Art of Being a Princess (third revised edition), which the almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is supposed to be reading. Not feeling particularly good, or all that beautiful, she heads...
Little Red
Woollvin, Bethan
Paper Book
In this New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, girl power abounds as Little Red unravels the big bad wolf's plan. On her way to Grandma's house, Little Red meets a wolf. That might scare some little girls, but not this little girl. She knows just what the wolf is...
Dragon prince : a Chinese Beauty & the beast tale
Yep, Laurence 1948-
Paper Book
One afternoon, when a farmer was coming back from town, a huge dragon sprang up from a nearby cave and seized the farmer. The farmer's youngest daughter agrees to marry the dragon. But in his palace beneath the sea she soon finds out that her dragon bridegroom is not at all what he seems.

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