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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone thought they knew the story of the Three Little Pigs -- at least until they first heard A. Wolf's side of the story way back in 1989. For twenty-five years, readers have been astounded by A. Wolf's heartfelt tale of how things really happened the day he set out to borrow a cup of sugar to make his dear old granny's birthday cake...Is A. Wolf guilty? Innocent? Something in between? It's up to you to read and decide for yourself what the True...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees"--Provided by publisher....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 287 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Gregory Maguire returns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carves him."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"-- Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Regan Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 368 p. ill. 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much-anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella tale. We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty ... and what curses accompanied Cinderella's...
Author
Series
Fractured fables volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks...
7) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebecca searches for Briar Rose's castle in the sleeping woods and finds the secret of her grandmother's past rooted in Poland and the Holocaust.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Poor Isabel! The king has locked her in a tower and ordered her to spin straw into gold. It's impossible! Then a mysterious, magical man appears, offering to help... But what does he want in return?
10) Beauty queen
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
167 p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Abby's first problem is that Jonah has lost all his memories of the magic mirror and their adventures, so when they get sucked through into Beauty and the Beast, he is unaware of the danger, and picks one of the Beast's roses--her second problem is locating Beauty and performing a match-making miracle in order to recover her brother, and still make it back to the real world before their parents miss them.
11) Mechanica
Author
Series
Mechanica volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated nursery rhyme and fairy tale collection features the classic tales that Alex and Conner fall into in the Land of Stories series.
In Colfer's Land of Stories series, Alex and Conner fall into a land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. This collection of classic fairy tales and rhymes will help you enjoy the stories by giving you the source materials that Alex...
13) Cress
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.
Author
Publisher
Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
190 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Engelbreit's signature illustrations and enchanting stories have captivated readers young and old. Now, in this collection of twelve fairy tales--selected by Mary Engelbreit herself--favorite characters like Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and Snow White each come alive in a story that can be read aloud in five minutes or less."--Page 4 of cover.
16) Into the woods
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999], c1990
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fairy tale characters of Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, and Jack (and the Beanstalk) are linked together with the characters of a baker and his wife. Their stories intertwine as they all search for something different in the woods. After they have all found happiness, they must band together to fight a giant.
18) Fable comics
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
124 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Amazing cartoonists take on classic fables from Aesop and beyond!"--Cover.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
In this rhyming mash-up of many fairy tales, the reader is invited to follow Rosie down the many possible paths which may lead to a sleeping maiden, a hungry wolf, a girl locked in a tower, or a goose that lays golden eggs--but with some luck, and some smart choices, Rosie may save herself and her fellow fairy tale characters.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
c2020.
Physical Desc
173 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ready for more fractured fairy tales, more comics, and more fun? Then dive into More Far Out Fairy Tales! This collection combines five epic retellings into one action-packed, full-color graphic novel for kids. Discover what happens when Thumbelina is a tiny-but-mighty wrestler. Fight off three hungry vampires with adventurer extraordinaire Goldilocks. See how Rapunzel's story plays out when an accident in Dr. Frankenstein's lab causes her hair to...
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