Fractured Fairy Tales

** books that are not available in the FLO consortium

Note: multiclutural variants are not included on this bibliography. See Resources for websites with multicultural fairy tale bibliographies and sources.

Index:
This page: Classic Folk and Fairy tales by original tale

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Classic Folk and Fairy Tales

Beauty and the Beast

Picture Books
Beauty and the Beast by Nancy Willard, 1992
A Handful of Beans : Six Fairy Tales by Jeanne Steig, 1998
Novels
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley, 1978
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley 1997 **
Untold Tales by William J. Brooke, 1992

Brave Little Tailor

Picture Book
Brave Little Streamstress by Giselle Potter, 2002

Cinderella

Picture Books
Ashpet by Joanne Compton, 1994
Bigfoot Cinderrrrella by Tony Johnston, 1998
Billy Beg and His Bull by Ellin Greene, 1994
Bubba the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale by Helen Ketteman **
Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson, 1994
Cindy Ellen: a Wild Western Cindrella by Susan Lowell, 2000
Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters, 1994
Cinderella by James Marshall, 2001
Cinderella by William Wegman, 1993
Cinderella Penguin, or The Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman, 1992
Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci, 2000
Cinderella's Dress by Nancy Willard, 2003
Cinderella's Rat by Susan Meddaugh, 1997
Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale by Pamela Edwards, 1997
Ella's Big Chance: a Jazz Age Cinderella by Shirley Hughes, 2004
Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Beuhner, 1996
The Gospel Cinderella by Joyce Carol Thomas, 2004
If the Shoe Fits by Laura Whipple, 2002 **
Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell, 2002
Moss Gown by William Hooks, 1987
Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck, 1989
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, 1982
Ugh: A New Twist on the Old Cinderella Story by Arthur Yorinks, 1990.
You Read To Me, I'll Read To You : Very Short Fairy Tales To Read Together (In Which Wolves Are Tamed, Trolls Are Transformed, and Peas Are Triumphant) by Mary Ann Hoberman
Novels
Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine, 2000 **
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire, 1999 **
Eight Cinderellas by Nancy Pollette, 1997 **
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, 1997
Girl Who Sat By the Ashes by Padraic Colum, 1919
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix, 1999
I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman, 1999
A Telling of the Tales by William Brooke, 1990
Truly Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway, 1995 **
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Datlow & Windling, 2000

Emperor's New Clothes

Picture Books
The Dinosaur's New Clothes by Diane Goode, 1999
King Long Shanks by Jane Yolen, 1998 **
The Principal's New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson, 1989

Frog Prince (or Frog King or Iron Henry)

Picture Books
A Frog Prince by Alix Berenzy, 1989
The Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka, 1991
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales by Jeanne Steig, 1998
Pondlarker by Fred Gwynne, 1990
Princess and Froggie by Harve and Kaethe Zemach, 1975
You Can Go Jump by Valjean McLenighan, 1977 **
Novels
For Biddle's Sake by Gail Carson Levine, 2002 **
Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin by Donna Jo Napoli, 1992
“The Princess and the Frog” from The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley, 1981.
Untold Tales by William J. Brooke, 1992

Golden Goose

Novel
The Fairy's Return by Gail Carson Levine, 2002 **

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Picture Books
Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle, 1976
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears by Susan Lowell, 2001
Goldie by Diane Stanley, 2003
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall, 1991
Goldilocks and the three Hares by Heidi Petach, 1995
Leola and the Honeybears by Melodye Rosales, 1999
Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears by Jan Fearnley, 2002
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, 1982
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst, 1988
Three Bears' Christmas by Kathy Duval, 2005
You Read To Me, I'll Read To You : Very Short Fairy Tales To Read Together (In Which Wolves Are Tamed, Trolls Are Transformed, and Peas Are Triumphant) by Mary Ann Hoberman
Novel
A Telling of the Tales: Five Stories by William J. Brooke, 1990

Goose Girl

Novels
“Falada: The Goose Girl’s Horse” by Nancy Farmer, from Wolf at the Door, 2000

Hansel and Gretel

Picture Books
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales by Jeanne Steig, 1998
Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall, 1990
Hansel and Gretel by Tony Ross, 1989
Novels
Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli, 1993
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Datlow & Windling, 2000

Jack and the Beanstalk

Picture Books
The Giant and the Beanstalk by Diane Stanley, 2004.
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales by Jeanne Steig, 1998
The History of Mother Twaddle and The Marvelous Achievements of Her Son Jack by Paul Galdone, 1974
Jack the Giant Chaser: An Appalachian Tale by Kenn Compton, 1993
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs, 1977
Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, 2000
“Jack and the Beanstalk” by David Macaulay in Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies, 2000
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, 1982
You Read To Me, I'll Read To You : Very Short Fairy Tales To Read Together (In Which Wolves Are Tamed, Trolls Are Transformed, and Peas Are Triumphant) by Mary Ann Hoberman
Novels
Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli, 1999
Jack & the Seven Deadly Giants by Sam Swope, 2004.
A Telling of the Tales by William Brooke, 1990
Truly Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway, 1995 **
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Datlow & Windling, 2000

Jorinda and Joringel

Picture Book
Jorinda and Joringel by Naomi Lewis, 1984 **

The Little Mermaid

Picture Book
Princess Fishtail by Frances Minters, 2002

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Little Red Riding Hood

Picture Books
The Gunniwolf by Wilhelmina Harper, 1967
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales by Jeanne Steig, 1998
Hog-Eye by Susan Meddaugh, 1995
Into the Forest by Anthony Browne, 2004
Little Red: a Fizzingly Good Yarn by Lynn Roberts, 2005
Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell, 1997
Little Red Riding Hood by William Wegman, 1993
Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale by Lisa Ernst, 1995
Petite Rouge : a Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell, 2001
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall, 1987
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, 1982
Ruby by Michael Emberly, 1990
Yo, Hungry Wolf!: a Nursery Rap by David Vozar, 1993
You Read To Me, I'll Read To You : Very Short Fairy Tales To Read Together (In Which Wolves Are Tamed, Trolls Are Transformed, and Peas Are Triumphant) by Mary Ann Hoberman
Novels
Truly Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway, 1995 **

Princess and the Pea

Picture Books
The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea by Tony Johnston, 1992
Once Upon a Princess and a Pea by Ann Campbell, 1993 **
Princess by Anne Wilsdorf, 1993
“The Princess and the Pea” by Barbara McClintock in Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies, 2000
You Read To Me, I'll Read To You : Very Short Fairy Tales To Read Together (In Which Wolves Are Tamed, Trolls Are Transformed, and Peas Are Triumphant) by Mary Ann Hoberman
Novels
The Princess Test by Gail Levine, 1999 **

Puss in Boots

Picture Books
Puss in Cowboy Boots by Jan & Phil Huling, 2002

Rapunzel

Picture Books
Rapunzel, A Groovy Fairy Tale by Lynn Roberts, 2003
Novels
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, 1996

Rumpelstiltzkin

Picture Books
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales by Jeanne Steig, 1998
Duffy and the Devil: a Cornish Tale by Harve Zemach, 1973
Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley, 1997
Tom Tit Tot by Evaline Ness, 1965
Tucker Pfeffercorn: an Old Story Retold by Barry Moser, 1994
Novels
Tales From the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird by Vivian Vande Velde, 1995

Sleeping Beauty/Briar Rose

Picture Books
Briar Rose and the Golden Eggs by Diane Redfield Massie, 1973
“Sleeping Beauty” by Daniel Clowes, in Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies, 2000
Sleeping Bobby by Mary and Will Osborne, 2005
Sleeping Boy by Sonia Craddock, 1999
Sleepless Beauty by Frances Minters, 1996
Novels
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen, 1992
Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye, 1984
Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Levine, 1999 **
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen (easy reader), 1997
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley, 2000 **
A Telling of the Tales by William Brooke, 1990
Untold Tales by William J. Brooke, 1992

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Snow White and Rose Red

Picture Books
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, 1982
The Seven Dwarfs by Etienne Delessert, 2001
Snow White in New York by Fiona French, 1986
The Untold Story of Snow White by Catherine Heller, 1995
Novels
Pictures of the Night by Adèle Geras, 1993
Truly Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway, 1995 **
Untold Tales by William J. Brooke, 1992
Willa: an American Snow White, 1996. **
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Datlow & Windling, 2000

Three Little Pigs

Picture Books
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, 1982
Socrates and the Three Little Pigs by Mitsumasa Anno, 1986 **
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, 1992
The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall, 1989
The Three Little Pigs by Barry Moser, 2001
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner, 2001
The Three Little Pigs and the Fox by William Hooks, 1989
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Helen Oxenbury
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Wait! No Paint! by Bruce Whatley, 2001
Who's at the Door? by Jonathan Allen, 1993
Yo, Hungry Wolf! : a Nursery Rap by David Vozar, 1993
You Read To Me, I'll Read To You : Very Short Fairy Tales To Read Together (In Which Wolves Are Tamed, Trolls Are Transformed, and Peas Are Triumphant) by Mary Ann Hoberman
Ziggy Piggy and the Three Little Pigs by Frank Asch, 1998
Novel
The Fourth Little Pig by Teresa Celsi, 1990 (an early reader)

Twelve Dancing Princesses

Picture Books
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen, 1999
The Princesses Have a Ball by Teresa Bateman, 2002
Novels
“The Twelve Dancing Princesses” from The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley, 1981.
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Datlow & Windling, 2000

Ugly Duckling

Novel
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Datlow & Windling, 2000

Note: This biblography was created for use by Lesley University students. It is not meant to be used as an exhuastive list of books that fall into this category, but the intent was to be as inclusive as possible of all available materials within the Fenway Library Consortium. Feedback is greatly appreciated.

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