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10 French-English Fairy Tales with Audio   Are you a parent who is trying to raise a bilingual child, or a language learner who is trying to boost your French or English language proficiency? Fairy stories written in dual language will be an enjoyable resource to help you...

These wonderful retellings, ideal for reading aloud, range from classics such as The Princess and the Pea, Rapunzel, and The Fisherman and His Wife to the less familiar The Anklet, from the Arabian Nights, and the modern story The Boy Who Could Read Aloud. Illustrations.

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...

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Viking, 1982.

Did you ever wonder what happened to the seven dwarfs after Snow White ditched them, or what life was like for the giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk?" Can you imagine a wicked stepsister who really gets what she deserves, and a Cinderella who isn't dainty, but actually rather plump? Then this is the...

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...

One dark winter evening there came a loud thumping on the cottage door. Rose Red sprang up....When she unbolted the door, a great brown bear thrust his head in. Most girls would be frightened if a bear showed up on their doorstep, but not Rose Red. She loves all animals, and invites the bear into...

Best-selling authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have turned back the clock and revealed a wonderful story that precedes J. M. Barrie's beloved Peter Pan. In an evocative and fast-paced adventure on the high seas and on a faraway island, an orphan boy named Peter and...

Striking art accompanies the favorite tale of Jack and the Beanstalk giving it a fresh look that will enchant a new generation of readers. Retold in both Spanish and English, this universally familiar story is now a springboard for inspiring early readers and older learners alike to...

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...

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...

The Grimms take Manhattan in the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series! When fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm venture back to the big city to help a friend, they land in the middle of a big mystery. Puck’s father, King Oberon, has been...

The sisters Grimm come face to face with their parents' kidnappers, and are stunned when one of them turns out to be the famous fairy-tale character and the other a killing-machine known as Jabberwocky. Without the presumed-dead Mr Canis fighting at their side, the girls have little hope that they...

Orphaned sisters Sabrina and Daphne are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother, Relda Grimm, who lives in a town in rural New York State that experiences an extraordinary number of unexplained and unusual crimes. In this book, the girls are pitted against a giant who has been rampaging...

In book two of the series, the Sisters Grimm start school at Ferryport Landing Elementary. DaphneÆs lucky enough to get Snow White for a teacherùshe loves little peopleùbut poor SabrinaÆs stuck with Mr. Grumpner and a class of mildly psychotic sixth graders. When Mr. Grumpner is found hanging in a...

The second installment in the beloved Fairy Tale Reform School series where the teachers are (former) villains Sometimes it's good to be bad... It takes a (mostly) reformed thief to catch a spy. Which is why Gilly Cobbler, Enchantasia's most notorious pickpocket, volunteers to stay...

The final installment in the beloved Fairy Tale Reform School series where the teachers are (former) villains The evil Rumplestiltskin is planning to cast a curse that will erase Enchantasia as the world knows it, and a fairy prophecy declares that Gilly Cobbler will play a key role. Never one...

Dive into book one of the best selling Fairy Tale Reform School series, from award-winning author Jen Calonita! What happens to the villains after happily ever after? 12 year old Gilly isn't so sure that she needs reforming for the (former) villains in Enchantasia... Gilly...

The fourth installment in the beloved Fairy Tale Reform School series where the teachers are (former) villains Reform or relapse? Things at Fairy Tale Reform School are great. Rumpelstiltskin has been ousted, and everyone is buzzing about the fact that Beauty and Prince Sebastian...

The third installment in the beloved Fairy Tale Reform School series where the teachers are (former) villains Things are changing at Fairy Tale Reform School. At least, that's what Gilly's heard through the Enchantasia rumor mill. Word is, notorious trickster Rumpelstiltskin has...

The fifth installment in the beloved Fairy Tale Reform School series where the teachers are (former) villains Be careful what you wish for... With big-time villains Rumpelstiltskin and Alva still on the loose and the citizens of Enchantasia on high alert, things at Fairy Tale Reform...

The complete and unabridged text of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland accompanied by Anna Bond's signature, whimsical style illustrations in full colour throughout.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ever since she snooped around the house of the three bears, Goldilocks (now Goldi) has been feeling guilty. She wants to do something nice for the bears. What if she stops by one day, replaces the icky porridge with Rutabega Breakfast Bars and all her favorite foods, fixes Baby Bear's broken chair,...

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...

"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...

From Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times bestselling author Adam Gidwitz Did you know that Cinderella's stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds? Really. And that  Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half? And that in "The Mouse, the Bird, and the...

Now a Netflix animated series! The New York Times bestselling debut by Adam Gidwitz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's Tale. "A wonderful sense of humor and narrative voice ... completely fresh and unique." -Rick Riordan, #1...

From the Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Inquisitor's Tale. If you dare, join Jack and Jill as they embark on a harrowing quest through a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and others. Follow along as...

Bedtime Classics: charmingly illustrated board book editions of perennial favorites, simplified for the youngest readers! Bedtime Classics introduce classic works of fiction to little literary scholars through character driven narratives and colorful illustration. Designed...

This padded board book contains two well-known classics, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs, as well as the Latin-American folktale The Lucky Table. Includes eight Spanish words. Full color.

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...

Cindy Ella's new stepmother and stepsiblings are very, very lazy. Cindy Ella has to clean up everything, even broken toys. But Cindy Ella is an inventor and makes these broken toys into new inventions. And she thinks her new invention, some incredible techno slippers, will make her the star of the...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

Retold in both Spanish and English, the universally loved story The Little Mermaid will delight a new generation of readers. The striking illustrations give a new look to this classic tale, and the bilingual text makes it perfect for both home and classroom libraries.

Welcome to What Happens Next?TM books! Here kids get to decide where they'd like to see the story go next. Now instead of just one story, children have all kinds of possibilities to choose from. Choose differently and discover a new ending! A new take on a classic What...

Times sure are tough on the ranch, and Waynetta and her ma can use all the luck they can get. But when Waynetta trades their last longhorn for a handful of so-called magic corn, Ma is none too pleased.

With a deft, lively text from Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and eye-popping, painterly art by Simini Blocker, The Singing Rock & Other Brand-New Fairy Tales is the perfect read for kids who love a good yarn--and good comics! A genie just wants a chance to grant a wish to the...

Now, Ned and I admire how well you read. But the story will be ruined if you turn the page right now. So please don't. A beautiful pie-making princess is trapped in a tower. Can Sir Wilbur rescue her? And more importantly, can he do it while wearing a tutu? He's going to try! But...

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...

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...

You think you know the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"? The tale you've heard may not be just right. This retelling of the classic story, told from Baby Bear's perspective, will convince you that Goldilocks and Baby Bear (whose real name is Sam) were actually besties! This fractured fairy...

The cowboy bootmaker is so poor that even his shadow has holes in it. Trouble is, the bootmaker makes terrible boots. But then one night, when he's down to his last piece of leather, a miracle occurs. This Old West recasting of the classic The Shoemaker and the Elves is an uproarious enchantment....

Look and Tell Fairy Tales is a beautifully illustrated collection of well-known fairy stories, retold in rebus format to encourage young readers to join in.   The delightful stories are retold using a combination of pictures and simple text. Each story is accompanied by a page...

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...

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...

Striking art accompanies the favorite tale of Goldilocks giving it a fresh look that will enchant a new generation of readers. Retold in both Spanish and English, this universally familiar story is now a springboard for inspiring early readers and older learners alike to recognize...

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...

The enchanting New York Times and USA Today bestselling series continues with installment number twelve!The New York Times bestselling series!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...

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...

This companion to Grounded combines humor, revolution, magic, and romance for the most delightful "Cinderella" retelling since Ella Enchanted.Ella Coach has one wish: revolution. Her mother died working in a sweatshop, and Ella wants every laborer in the Blue Kingdom to receive...

The Last Thing She Needs Is a Prince.The First Thing She Needs Is Some Magic.Poor Princess Anya. Forced to live with her evil stepmother's new husband, her evil stepstepfather. Plagued with an unfortunate ability to break curses with a magic-assisted kiss. And forced to go on the run when her...

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: 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...

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: 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: 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...

THE WIZARD OF OZ: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Dorothy, as she is swept away on an adventure with her friends Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Woodsman. Do you think that the four of them can escape the clutches of...

Locked high in a tower by her wicked guardian and without hope of escaping, the beautiful Rapunzel spends her time daydream of someone coming to her rescue. When a handsome prince hears her story, he finds her tower and climbs Rapunzel's hair. Soon they fall in love, but when Rapunzel's captor hears...

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...

The classic story of Rapunzel gets a fresh twist in this vibrant Indian spin on the beloved fairy tale! Once upon a time, there was a girl with long, long hair, who lived in a tall, tall tower... The classic tale of Rapunzel gets a fresh twist in this third...

An illustrated collection of eleven classic tales including such favorites as The Little Red Hen, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.

In a faraway land, a princess named Aurora lives in a castle, honing her enchantments amid a slumbering kingdom! When the princess was just a baby, a wicked fairy cursed the realm with unending sleep. But a kind fairy had her own spell to cast--she saved the newborn and granted the girl the gift of...

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! ...

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8" x 8" story book tells the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother, and how she looks suspiciously like the sly wolf that she met along her way home. CLASSIC STORIES: This...

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...

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 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...

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...

You thought you knew the story of the "The Three Little Pigs"... You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of "The Three Little Pigs."

Fairy tale fans will give a GIANT cheer for this funny retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk from the New York Times Bestselling author of Rump and Red! All his life, Jack has longed for an adventure, so when giants turn up in the neighbor's cabbage patch,...

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...

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...

Can Dora waken Sleeping Boots? Will Little Yellow Riding Sponge find his way to Grandma's house? Boys and girls ages 2-5 will enjoy these and other fairy tales, with delightfully silly Nickelodeon twists in this Big Golden Book that features Dora the Explorer, Bubble Guppies, SpongeBob SquarePants,...

0nce upon a time a miller's daughter was given an impossible task by a cruel and greedy king. She had to spin straw into gold. And who should show up to help her but an odd little man named Rumpelstiltskin. According to tradition, the gold-bedazzled king and the miller's daughter are wed....

Shrek, a horrid little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!

Available for the first time ever in the individual Read-Along format, this audio presentation of Disney's phenomenal blockbuster hit film will delight children of all ages.

Relates the adventures of three litle pigs who leave home to seek their fortunes and how they deal with the big bad wolf. Illustrated with photographs of three-dimensional puppet figures.

Full of fantasy and wonder, these enduring classics are a must for every child's library. These stories, along with sparkling illustrations, will capture children's imagination and inspire a love of reading that is vital to success in school and life. Each book features holographic foil stamping....

Emma Peror is the ballet class terror! But a new girl in the class is going to teach her a lesson. Trixie Tailor gives Emma a tutu ... a tutu that she says only the best ballet dancers can see. But is the tutu actually even there?

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...

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...

A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.

This charming retelling of a Japanese folktale couples stunning illustrations with a magical story of love, integrity, and self-sacrifice. The tale begins when a loving couple discovers a tiny baby girl in a thicket of bamboo stalks and takes her home to raise as their own. The Bamboo Princess,...

Prince Jack is strong, rich, a top trampolinist and very, very handsome . . . but he is also cursed. When he is pricked by a sword he, and his whole castle, fall sound asleep. Now it's up to the Princess Engineer to save the day.

This clever retelling of the classic fairy tale will have young readers wondering who's the real villain, from New York Times Best Illustrated Book-winner Bethan Woollvin. Deep in the forest lives a witch named Willow. She is a good witch who only uses good magic--until...

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...

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.

What were all those fairy-tale characters thinking? Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich answer this question in paired poems, with sometimes startling results. The Princess claims all those mattresses kept her awake--not a silly pea--while the poor pea complains that the princess...

Includes The Gingerbread Boy, Henny-Penny, The Little Red Hen, Little Red Riding Hood, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Princess and the Pea, and The Ugly Duckling. Illustrated by Robin James.