Funk, Josh
Summary: Jack is not fond of the bossy narrator of his fairy tale! When Jack is told to trade his beloved cow Bessie for some magic beans, throw the beans out the window, climb the ENORMOUS beanstalk that sprouts overnight, and steal from a GIANT, he decides this fairy tale is getting out of control. In fact, he doesn't want to follow the story line at all. Who says Jack needs to enter a life of daring,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUNScieszka, Jon
Summary: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SciCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCISummary: "Dig into folklore from across South America with this collection of comic reimaginations and retellings. The sixth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales series takes you across the continent -- from Peru, Chile, Columbia, and more!" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIZHarper, Benjamin
Summary: When the young witch, Princess Swampelina, loses her wand in the bog, a beautiful (ugh!) butterfly offers to retrieve it if she will be his friend, but after avoiding him the princess soon finds the butterfly helpful and even rather fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARRandall, Ronne.
Summary: Three billy goats attempt to cross a bridge guarded by a hungry troll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2013
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Summary: "When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their 'Children's and Household Tales' in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as 'Rapunzel, ' 'Hansel and Gretel, ' and 'Cinderella' would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRIKemmerer, Brigid
Summary: Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION KEMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KEMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A retelling of the Grimm tale about the fisherman's greedy wife, set in the land of the Aztecs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMSullivan, Deirdre
Summary: A dark, feminist retelling of 'The Children of Lir' told in Sullivan's hypnotic prose. A retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale 'The Children of Lir'. Aífe marries Lir, a king with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aífe turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aífe, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SULBaker, Liza
Summary: Presents excerpts from the Disney versions of five classic fairy tales--"Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," "The Little Mermaid," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," and "Aladdin."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2001
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Summary: Presents the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as told by young Teddy's governess, who came to work at the Vaughn family "cottage" shortly before a golden-haired girl, ragged and dirty, entered the home and soon became a beloved foster child, until evil characters tried to take her away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COVBarnett, Mac
Summary: Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Fairy BarnettGidwitz, Adam.
Summary: Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their own stories to seek a magic mirror, encountering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GIDRusu, 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
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 RUSRusu, Meredith
Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of trust. With questions and educational 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 RUSWoollvin, Bethan
Summary: On her way to Grandma's house, Little Red meets a wolf. Which might scare some little girls. But not this little girl. She knows just what the wolf is up to, and she's not going to let him get away with it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOOHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: A modern-day retelling of Cinderella narrated by the mouse who becomes a horse for Cinderella's stagecoach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2023
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Summary: "Three blind mice work together with the three little pigs to defeat the Big Bad Wolf and the farmer's wife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARSims, Lesley
Summary: Then I'll HUFF and I'll PUFF and I'll blow your house down!" cried the wolf. Find out what happens when the three little pigs build homes made of straw, sticks, and bricks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC publishing 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Join Ariel as she learns an exciting new dance, discovers mysterious ghost lights under the sea, babysits a little octopus friend--and more! Each story is the ideal length to be read aloud in five minutes, perfect for bedtime, story time or anytime!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2023