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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Alaska in the 1920s is a difficult place for Jack and Mabel. Drifting apart, the childless couple discover Faina, a young girl living alone in the wilderness. Soon, Jack and Mabel come to love Faina as their own. But when they learn a surprising truth about the girl, their lives change in profound ways.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom.
3) Briar Rose
Author
Language
English
Description
"Yolen's graceful retelling of the German folktale of "Briar Rose"--known to some as "Sleeping Beauty"--sets the story amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II. Yolen confronts the deeply tragic events of the Holocaust with lyrical prose and rich characterizations that tell a tale of good and evil, hope and despair."--Back cover.
Author
Language
English
Description
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 tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
Sumario en espaƱol: Una adaptaciĆ³n de un cuento famoso en donde dos niƱos se pierden en el bosque y llegan a casa a pesar de un encuentro con una bruja mala.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In her second adventure in the Land of Fake-Believe, Princess Pink meets Scaredy-Pants Wolf, a baker whose business has been robbed by Little Red Quacking Hood-- and to save the bakery Princess must figure out why the ducks are suddenly so interested in pies.
Author
Series
Grimmtastic girls volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A Grimmtastic girl named Cinderella is starting her first week at Grimm Academy on the wrong foot. Cinda's totally evil stepsisters are out to make her life miserable. The Steps tease Cinda, give her terrible advice about life at the academy, and even make her look bad in front of her new friends, Red, Snow, and Rapunzel! But when Cinda overhears the Steps plotting a villainous deed that could ruin Prince Awesome's ball, Cinda, her new friends, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sarah is a school bully, but when she falls into the Snow White fairy tale she meets the Evil Queen, and decides that being evil is not really much fun--and sets out to convince the Queen that being nice has its rewards.
12) Grim
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist.
13) Puss & boots
Author
Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"It's all about the shoes! A poor shoemaker and his cat lived together. Business was bad. 'Don't give up so easily,' advised the cat. 'Make me some beautiful boots, and I will do the rest!' This clever cat can deal with anything, even a shoe-loving monster. Ayano Imai's delightful twist on the classic Puss in Boots story, sees the loyal cat taking on a terrible monster--and winning."--Page 2 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this version of the classic tale, Little Red, a brave moped scooter, sets out to bring spare parts to Granny Putt Putt, but ends up having to rescue her from Tank, the biggest, loudest, and meanest machine in the neighborhood.
18) Dust
Author
Series
Heirs of Neverland volume 1
Publisher
Enclave Publishing, an imprint of Third Day Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale. Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real--since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London... and a boy who shouldn't exist. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches for the last hope of restoring his crumbling island: a...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. Elements of the familiar tale of aesthetic obsession begin to play themselves out when the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white.
20) Vile verses
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems.