Dahl, Roald.
Summary: Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009
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Summary: Sarah is a school bully, but when she falls into the Snow White fairy tale she meets the Evil Queen, and decides that being evil is not really much fun--and sets out to convince the Queen that being nice has its rewards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: What if princesses didn't always marry Prince Charming and live happily every after? This stunning anthology features 15 favorite fairytales retold for a new generation. From Sleeping Beauty who becomes a world-famous sleep disorder specialist to Cinderella who goes on to become Prime Minister to Little Red Riding Hood, the environmentalist and Princess of the Wolves, these princesses are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J FIC MURSwanson, Kara
Summary: "The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale. Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real--since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London... and a boy who shouldn't exist. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enclave Publishing, an imprint of Third Day Books LLC 2020
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Summary: "The young girl tells us that her mom's new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf's cold eyes from the very beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From that day on her mother doesn't smile anymore. The girl is careful to clean her room and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.829 FONAlperin, Mara
Summary: Presents an adaptation of the tale in which a poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALPDeFelice, Cynthia C.
Summary: This retelling of a Chinese folktale pays tribute to the author's Irish heritage, and to the joys of an old marriage, new friendships, and the impulse to share. Using pen and gouache, the artist shows the "simple" characters in all their winning complexity. A very poor, humble couple live so simple a life they share everything, until the husband discovers a pot with magical powers buried under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION DeFliceMaguire, Gregory
Summary: Hiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and pine forests north of Berlin in the Baltic Sea. Godfather Drosselmeier, a one-eyed toy maker, presents a Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. Klara is a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening ... and everyone however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAGBenway, Robin
Summary: Attending the royal debut party, their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to their cruel and bitter mother's expectations, sisters Drizella and Anastasia get a taste of freedom, pitting them against a mother whose greatest power lies in manipulation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BENFunk, 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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Summary: Eight-year-old Maddie and her family move to a farm called Horsetail Hollow, and after she and her six-year-old sister find a wishing well, a magnificent white horse appears--but Maximus is a fairy tale horse, conjured out of Evie's book--so when the girls try to wish him back into his story they all end up in the fairy tale, trying to save Rapunzel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney / Hyperion 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE THOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED THOGianfrancesco, Raymond
Summary: "Akagaq, the youngest brother of three, is confident but forgetful. When he gets caught in a blizzard he makes a tent, but it is no match for the powerful wind. Trapped in the cold, Akagaq is helped by his brother Tiriaq. Tiriaq digs into a snowdrift for shelter, but the wind is still too strong and blows out their lamp. Akkiutaq, the eldest brother, arrives to save them, and brings them to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIASummary: Based on the book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, Revolting Rhymes mixes the classic fairy tales of Little Red Riding Hood; Snow White; The Three Little Pigs; Jack and the Beanstalk; and Cinderella, and then serves them with a mischievous twist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV REV1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REV
Bridges, Jeff
Summary: A collection of four adapted stories by the Brothers Grimm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Releasing 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SHEValentino, Serena.
Summary: Sometimes it's all a matter of the choices we make ... What choices did Snow White's stepmother, the Wicked Queen, make that would turn her so evil she would want to cut out her step-daughter's heart? Does it have something to do with the man in the magic mirror? And who is he, really?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC VALSimonson, Louise
Summary: The Queen of Techworld, afraid that Snow White will supplant her as the smartest scientist, exiles the child--but the robots that she repairs save her and help her defeat the evil queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: "When taking cornbread to Grandma, Mahogany encounters a hungry wolf and outsmarts him by cleverly hiding in the woods and using her sewing skills to trap him"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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Summary: In this graphic version of the story Cinderella thwarts her evil stepmother by becoming Ninja-rella, saving the prince from bandits, and becoming his ninja bodyguard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARHarper, Benjamin
Summary: In this graphic version of the classic fairy tale, zombie children Hansel and Gretel disguise themselves as tourists and venture into the Magical Forest in search of brains to eat--where they encounter Mrs. Witch, who has her own plans for dinner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC HARFrampton, Otis
Summary: Little Ruby Topper has a crimson cloak and hood that turn the ten-year-old into a superhero--and now she must use her powers to rescue the president, her grandmother, from mad Professor Grimm and his wolf-bot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARPhelan, Matt
Summary: The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PHEGoldsack, Gaby
Summary: Little Red Riding Hood went into the bedroom and gasped in surprise when she saw her grandma. She looked sort of...different. Find out what happens when Little Red Riding Hood talks to a wicked wolf on her way to Grandma's cottage. Enjoy gorgeous illustrations again and again. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon, an imprint of Cottage Door Press, LLC 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOLWallace, Nancy K.
Summary: Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Snow White escapes the huntsman she is saved by seven dorks. All is well until she uses social media to try to find her prince!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014