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Frogged
Vivian Vande Velde - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Editors recommend this book for readers who have recently discovered middle grade novels with more intricate story lines.One should be able to say of a princess "She was as good as she was beautiful," according to The Art of Being a Princess (third revised edition)... |
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Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies
William Joyce - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Beware a tooth fairy queen scorned in this, the third chapter book of Academy Award winner William Joyce's The Guardians series. There's a lot more to this tooth-swiping sprite than meets the eye When last we heard, the Guardians were resting easy with the knowledge that the children of Santoff... |
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Grey Griffins: The Paragon Prison
Derek Benz - Little
Format: Hardcover
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A new world means a world of trouble... The Paragon Engine, a machine that can unlock portals to any dimension throughout the universe, is the most powerful and dangerous invention in Templar history-and the Grey Griffins have just been pulled through it. After they are transported... |
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My Epic Fairy Tale Fail
Anna Staniszewski - Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Format: Print book
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Jenny has finally accepted her life of magic and mayhem as savior of fairy tale kingdoms, but that doesn't mean the job's any easier. Her new mission is to travel to the Land of Tales to defeat an evil witch and complete three Impossible Tasks. Throw in some school friends, a bumbling knight,... |
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Noah Barleywater Runs Away
John Boyne - David Fickling Books
Format: Book
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Eight-year-old Noah's problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn't think about them. So he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest.Before long, he comes across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop: it's a toyshop, full of the most amazing toys, and brimming with... |
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Whatever After #2: If the Shoe Fits
Sarah Mlynowski - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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On their second adventure through the magic mirror Abby and Jonah find themselves in the Cinderella fairy tale--and that is when things start to go really wrong. |
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Whatever After #1: Fairest of All
Sarah Mlynowski - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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A fresh, modern spin on a classic fairy tale--from bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski!Mirror, mirror, on the basement wall . . .Once upon a time my brother and I were normal kids. The next minute? The mirror in our basement slurped us up and magically transported us inside Snow White's... |
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Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff
Robert Paul Weston - Razorbill
Format: Print book
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The next middle-grade rhyming novel from the award-winning author of Zorgamazoo!Prince Puggly of the muddy, terminally unfashionable Kingdom of Spud is surprised when he receives an invitation to a lavish ball in the far more chic Kingdom of Spiff. Puggly is sure that the Spiffs will take... |
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The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Christopher Healy - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You've never heard of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the tales, you likely know them only as Prince... |
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Twice Upon a Time
James Riley - Aladdin
Format: Book
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Little mermaids and normal-sized pirates always create the biggest of problems, don't they? After the surprise revelations of HALF UPON A TIME, Jack, May and Phillip could use the help of a fairy godmother or two on their search for May's true identity. Only, there might be a snag: The entire... |
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Of Giants and Ice
Shelby Bach - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When Rory realizes fairy tales are the real deal at Ever After School, she embarks on a classic quest to fulfill her destiny.Rory Landon has spent her whole life being known as the daughter of a famous movie star mom and director dad. So when she begins a new after-school program and no one knows... |
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The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book... |
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In a Glass Grimmly
Adam Gidwitz - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Audio CD
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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 enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not)... |
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The Princess Curse
Merrie Haskell - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Merrie Haskell's middle-grade fantasy novel Princess Curse is an imaginative retelling of the fairy tales The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Beauty and the Beast. In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Sylvania, the prince offers a fabulous reward to anyone who cures the curse that forces the princesses... |
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The Flint Heart
Katherine Paterson - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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A robust and wildly entertaining fairy tale, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts's 1910 fantasy and wryly retold by Katherine and John Paterson.An ambitious Stone Age man demands a talisman that will harden his heart, allowing him to take control of his tribe. Against his better judgment,... |
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Tuesdays at the Castle
Jessica Day George - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one-other than Celie, that is-takes the time to map out the new additions.... |
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Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?: And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries
David Levinthal - Schwartz & Wade Books
Format: Book
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Break-in at the Three Bears family home? It could only be one dame. Wicked witch gone missing from her candied cottage? Hansel and Gretel claim it was self-defense. Did Humpty Dumpty really just fall off that wall, or was he pushed? Here are five fairy-tale stories with a twist, all told... |
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Jack and the Baked Beanstalk
Colin Stimpson - Templar Books
Format: Print book
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"Fee-fi-fo-fummy, I'm always counting money!"Jack and his mom run a little caf, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. So when Jack comes home with only an old can of baked beans in return for their last few pennies, his mother throws it out the window. Overnight... |
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Senorita Gordita
Helen Ketteman - Albert Whitman
Format: Book
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In this Tex-Mex retelling of The Little Gingerbread Man, Senorita Gordita--a little corn cake-- escapes from the frying pan and leads a merry chase. She runs through the desert boasting, "You'll never catch me!" while fleeing from a spider, a rattler, and other hungry creatures... |
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The Council of Mirrors
Michael Buckley - Amulet Books
Format: Audio CD
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In the final volume in the Sisters Grimm series, Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms and their friends must face off against the Master to decide the fate of Ferryport Landing - and the world. When Mirror fails to escape the barrier using Granny Relda's body, he turns to his plan... |
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Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist
Jane Yolen - WordSong
Format: Print book
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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 awakenot a silly peawhile the poor pea complains that the princess snores. One Snow... |
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Never Girls #1: In a Blink
Kiki Thorpe - Random House
Format: Print book
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The Disney Fairies star in a magical all-new early chapter book series for kids ages 6 to 10--The Never Girls The smell of salt water, a gust of seabreeze, and the bell-like ringing of a fairy's laugh are the only hints that something magical is happening to Kate, Mia, Lainey, and Gabby.... |
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Castle of Shadows
Ellen Renner - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since the Queen mysteriously disappeared and the King went mad five years ago,
eleven-year-old Princess Charlie has lived a wild and mostly unsupervised life in the
country of Quale - until now. With the discovery of an unfinished letter in the Queens
handwriting, Charlie embarks... |
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The Spy Princess
Sherwood Smith - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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Just right for fans of Tamora Pierce and Patricia C. Wrede! When twelve-year-old Lady Lilah decides to disguise herself and sneak out of the palace one night, she has more of an adventure than she expected--for she learns very quickly that the country is on the edge of revolution. When... |
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