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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...
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Peter and the wolf
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Viking, 1982.
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A wolf at the door : and other retold fairy tales.
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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...
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Goldilocks and the three bears /
Brett, Jan, 1949-
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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...
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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...
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Once upon a crime.
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
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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...
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The problem child.
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
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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....
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The fairy-tale detectives.
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
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The unusual suspects.
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
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Charmed
Calonita, Jen.
Ebook
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...
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Flunked. [online electronic book]
Calonita, Jen.
Ebook
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 wouldn't call...
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Tricked. [online electronic book]
Calonita, Jen.
Ebook
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Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Alice in Wonderland is one of the most popular, inviting, and adventurous stories of all time. One normal summer day, Alice is sitting on the riverbank when a big, white, talking rabbit runs past. He pops into a big rabbit hole, and Alice follows him down, down, down into a strange...
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Beasts and beauty : dangerous tales
Chainani, Soman
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ophelia and the marvelous boy.
Foxlee, Karen, 1971-
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"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...
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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...
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A tale dark and& 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,...
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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...
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Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
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Alice in Wonderland is one of the most popular, inviting, and adventurous stories of all time. One normal summer day, Alice is sitting on the riverbank when a big, white, talking rabbit runs past. He pops into a big rabbit hole, and Alice follows him down, down, down into a strange...
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Book of a thousand days
Hale, Shannon.
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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...
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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...
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Mighty Jack and the goblin king
Hatke, Ben
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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...
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Mighty Jack and Zita the spacegirl
Hatke, Ben
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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,...
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Ogre enchanted
Levine, Gail Carson
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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...
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Ella enchanted. [online electronic book]
Levine, Gail Carson
Ebook
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...
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Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs
Margulies, Teddy Slater.
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The door by the staircase.
Marsh, Katherine
Paper Book
Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But 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, a mysterious woman...
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Snow & Rose [sound recording (CD)] /
Martin, Emily Winfield
CD
Give the gift of this stunningly illustrated fairy-tale reimagining from the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be this holiday season--sure to be a modern classic Snow and Rose didn't know they were in a fairy tale. People...
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Seeing Red
Mlynowski, Sarah
Paper Book
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...
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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...
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Frogkisser!
Nix, Garth
Paper Book
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...
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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...
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Jack and the beanstalk.
Ottolenghi, Carol, 1959-
Paper Book
Children's Storybook Features: * 32 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-8, PreK-Grade 3 Fairytale Level Readers, Lexile 490L * Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations * A classic tale that helps children learn important life lessons *...
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The Wizard of Oz.
Ottolenghi, Carol, 1959-
Paper Book
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...
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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...
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Rapunzel
Perkins, Chloe
Paper Book
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...
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Goldilocks and the three bears.
Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
Paper Book
Children's Storybook Features: * 32 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-8, PreK-Grade 3 Level Readers, Lexile 470L * Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations * A classic tale that helps children learn important life lessons * Includes...
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Little Red Riding Hood.
Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
Paper Book
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 who is uneasy when her grandmother looks suspiciously like a sly wolf. Children will eagerly continue reading to see what will happen when...
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Peter and the wolf /
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
Paper Book
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Viking, 1982.
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Once upon another time. [online electronic book]
Riley, James, 1977-
Ebook
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! ...
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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...
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The true story of the 3 little pigs.
Scieszka, Jon.
Paper Book
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.
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Jack : the true story of Jack and the beanstalk
Shurtliff, Liesl
Paper Book
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,...
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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...
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Sisters of the Neversea. [online electronic book]
Smith, Cynthia Leitich.
Ebook
Five starred reviews! In this beautifully reimagined story by NSK Neustadt Laureateand 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...
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Rumpelstiltskin's daughter /
Stanley, Diane
Paper Book
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....
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Shrek! /
Steig, William, 1907-2003.
Paper Book
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!
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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...
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Oscar Wilde's the happy prince /
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Paper Book
"Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "will you not stay with me one night longer?" "It is winter," answered the swallow, "and the chill snow will soon be here. In Egypt the sun is warm" From his high vantage point, the glittering statue of the Happy Prince is...
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Hansel & Gretel.
Woollvin, Bethan
Paper Book
Mischievous Hansel and Gretel turn the good witch's house upside down in this fairy tale reimagining, with bright, bold artwork from award-winning creator Bethan Woollvin.Deep in the forest lives a witch in a gingerbread cottage - but unlike most witches, Willow is a good witch. When she...
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Little Red.
Woollvin, Bethan
Paper Book
A striking new interpretation of the beloved Little Red Riding Hood story - with a dark and witty twist.Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf on her way through the woods to visit her sick grandmother. The wolf is hungry, and Red Riding Hood looks tasty, so he hatches a dastardly plan, gobbles up...
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Grumbles from the forest : fairy-tale voices with a twist : poems
Yolen, Jane.
Paper Book
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...
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