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Cat and the Beanstalk

Charlotte Guillain - NA-r
Format: Book

In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, a kitten called Cat climbs to the top of an enormous beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant dog and make his and his mother's fortune. Includes a note on the history of the tale.
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The End

David LaRochelle - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

"Once upon a time" takes on a whole new meaning in David LaRochelle's hilarious backwards collaboration with Caldecott winner Richard Egielski."...And they lived happily ever after."So begins David LaRochelle and Richard Egielski's wacky original fairy tale THE END,...
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Fairly Fairy Tales

Esm? Raji Codell - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator...
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The Fairy Tales

Jan Pienkowski - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Stunning silhouettes and luminous marbleized backgrounds breathe new life into the earliest versions of classic fairy tales, embodying the dark magic and enchanting worlds of "Snow White," "Sleeping Beauty," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella."
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Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version

Philip Pullman - Viking Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed retelling of the world’s best-loved fairy tales by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Golden Compass—now in paperback, and with 3 new tales!Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their first volume of fairy tales. Since then, such...
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A First Book of Fairy Tales

Mary Hoffman - DK Children
Format: Hardcover

In this beautifully illustrated book, 14 classic fairy tales are retold for young children. Old favorites, such as "Cinderella" and "Jack and the Beanstalk," are presented alongside some lesser known stories, such as "The Fisherman and his Wife" and "Diamonds...
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Grimm's Fairy Tales

Jakob Grimm - Sterling
Format: Book

Based on the brothers’ first volume of folk tales, Children’s and Household Tales, this collection features many of the Grimms’ most popular retellings, as well as some lesser-known ones. The tales include “The Frog Prince,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Rapunzel,”...
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The Land of Stories: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales

Chris Colfer - Little
Format: Print book

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a gorgeous, full-color fairy-tale treasury. Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories....
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Little Red Riding Duck (Animal Fairy Tales)

Charlotte Guillain - Raintree
Format: Book

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales from a new perspective: all the characters are animals! This book tells the story of Little Red Riding Duck's encounter with a big bad wolf while on a visit to Grandma's house.
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Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book No. 1

Bruce Lansky - Meadowbrook
Format: Paperback

This collection of ten contemporary fairy tales puts a delightful new spin on classic stories and themes. King Midas is a workaholic banker who would rather play with his money than attend his son's Little League baseball games. The Big Bad Wolf is running a successful scam on Little...
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The Poodle and the Pea

Charlotte Guillain - Na-R
Format: Book

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales from a new perspective: all the characters are animals! This book tells the story of the Poodle and the Pea, in which a lost dog is revealed to be a princess after a servant has a good idea.
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Prince Ribbit

Jonathan Emmett - Peachtree Publishers
Format: Print book

Enchanted prince or just a plain old frog? Pucker up, princesses! Theres only one way to find out Fairy tales are just storiesor so Princess Martha believes. But when her sisters meet a talking frog, theyre convinced that giving him the royal treatment will turn him into Prince Charming....
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Princesses are People Too

Susie Hoch Morgenstern - Viking
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Secret Letters From 0 to 10 and A Book of Coupons, come these two silly, modern fairy tales about two different princesses. Princess Yona is a lonely little girl who wants nothing more than to have a plain old ordinary life. Princess Emma, meanwhile, is searching...
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Ratpunzel

Charlotte Guillain - NA-r
Format: Print book

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales with a twist: all the characters are animals! This book, a retelling of Rapunzel, tells the story of a beautiful rat girl called Ratpunzel who is imprisoned in a tower by an evil cat before falling...
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Rumplesnakeskin

Charlotte Guillain - NA-r
Format: Print book

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales with a twist: all the characters are animals! This book, a retelling of Rumplestiltskin, tells the story of a beautiful squirrel called Sybil, a greedy king, and a very strange magical snake!
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Sleeping Badger

Charlotte Guillain - NA-r
Format: Print book

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales with a twist: all the characters are animals! This book, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, tells the story of a badger princess who is stung by a wasp and falls asleep for one hundred years before being...
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The Three Bears (Beginning to Read-Fairy Tales and Folklore)

Margaret Hillert - Norwood House Press; Rev Exp edition
Format: Library Binding

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the home of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep. Includes reading activities.
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The Ugly Duckling: A Retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale

Susan Blackaby - Picture Window Books
Format: Library Binding

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
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You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together

Mary Ann Hoberman - Little
Format: Book

Join the fun as familiar fairy tale characters take starring roles in this latest addition to the New York Times bestselling series YOU READ TO ME, I'LL READ TO YOU. Designed with budding readers in mind, each of the tales is set in three columns with color-coded type as a script for two voices...
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Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales

Lucy Cousins - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A 2010 New York Times Best Illustrated Childrens Book of the Year! 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....
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