Rusu, Meredith
Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of bravery. Contains questions and guidelines for parents and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 RUSTurner, Tracey
Summary: Well-known fairy tales are mixed together . . . with hilarious results! With artist Summer Maçon's wonderfully anarchic illustrations, these are delightful wacky--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raspberry Books, LTD 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TURWillingham, Bill
Summary: "When Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it's up to Fabletown's sheriff -- the reformed Big Bad Wolf, Bigby -- to find the killer. Meanwhile, trouble of a different sort brews at the Fables' upstate farm, where non-human inhabitants are preaching revolution...and threatening the carefully nurtured secrecy of Fabletown"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comcs 2020
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Summary: Actor John Lithgow performs two short stories, and explains the special significance each story holds in his life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 LITHGOW, JOHN LITGill, Nikita
Summary: "Traditional fairytales are rife with cliches and gender stereotypes: beautiful, silent princesses; ugly, jealous, and bitter villainesses; girls who need rescuing; and men who take all the glory. But in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. Through her gorgeous reimagining of fairytale classics and spellbinding original...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 GILIvey, Eowyn.
Summary: "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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reagan Arthur Books 2012
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Summary: "This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 ANDDavidson, Susanna.
Summary: This timeless collection of over thirty fables is filled with Aesop's best-loved characters. Meet the lion who becomes friends with a mouse, a clever fox, a foolish crow and a wolf dressed up as a sheep. Enchantingly illustrated and retold, these stories are the perfect introduction to Aesop and will be enjoyed for years to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2013
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Summary: The sixth volume in the series explores some of Bigby Wolf's extracurricular exploits around the mundane world in "Cinderella Libertine" and "War Stories" before returning to the main storyline in "The Year After," which follows the aftermath of the Adversary's attempt to conquer Fabletown. Rated for mature readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics/Vertigo 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WILFransman, Karrie
Summary: People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales - to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRARusu, Meredith
Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the importance of patience and careful planning. Contains questions and guidelines for parents and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic 2020