Scieszka, 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: JE SCIFunk, 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: 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 FARWoollvin, 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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Summary: El prìcipe knows this girl is the one for him. But, as usual, his mother doesn't agree. The queen has a secret test in mind to see if this girl is really a princesa. But the prince might just have a sneaky plan, too ... Readers will be enchanted by this Latino twist on the classic story, and captivated by the vibrant art inspired by the culture of Peru. -- From dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ELYDe la Cruz, Melissa
Summary: "Tossed back into the not-so-familiar fairy-tale world of Never After, Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends set off on another adventure . . . this time in search of Cinderella's glass slipper. Or rather, glass slippers. It turns out the classic story of Cinderella is full of lies-starting with how Cinderella herself is far from the innocent heroine everyone thinks she is. She's manipulative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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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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Summary: "In this Chinese folktale, a woman spends years weaving, day and night, until one day she reveals a magical cloth. But, moments later, the cloth mysteriously disappears! Now her three young sons must set out on a long, mystical journey to find it."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COL (Graphic Novel)Kimmel, 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 KIMSummary: Retells the story of a beautiful princess who promises an ugly frog, when her golden ball falls into a deep well, that he can live with her and become her playmate if he returns her ball, in a text with die-cut pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Neugebauer Publishing Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 GRIAlperin, 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 ALPCalonita, Jen
Summary: "Princess Devin didn't come to Royal Academy for fame, glory, or a crown. All she's ever wanted is to be a Magical Creature Caretaker. Just when Devin gets up the courage to ask about following her passion, disaster strikes. The evil Rumplestiltskin and Alva cast a curse that nearly destroys Enchantasia, a new villain is on the rise, and the students of Royal Academy find they now have to share...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CALGruber, Penelope
Summary: In this graphic adaptation of the American folktale, Paul Bunyan is the biggest and strongest merman in the underwater city of Atlantis; at twelve years old he has already dragged the city away from a volcano and rescued a baby blue whale who is now his companion--but now he has to protect the citizens of Atlantis from five mega-sharks who are looking to have mermen for lunch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARSoundar, Chitra
Summary: "In this Indian folktale, a young turtle shares a shallow lake with unlikely friends--two geese. But when the lake starts drying up, the stubborn turtle must follow his winged friends' advice, or he'll be left out to dry."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SOU (Graphic Novel)Mlynowski, Sarah
Summary: After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 MLYGunderson, Jessica
Summary: This You Choose adventure is told from three different perspectives--White Snow is a secret agent in Good Prince's army, looking for a computer with secret codes for a bomb; Mrs. White desperately searches for her runaway daughter Snow; and Charming, towed by his seven loyal sleddogs, goes to rescue his friend and mentor Meteorologist Snow-White, who is trapped in a raging blizzard in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUNWalls, Jasmine
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: While eleven-year-old Maddie McMatthew's stepbrother Holden has been a little more tolerable since their first adventure, at the Halloween party he breaks another fairy tale by saying Beauty would never have fallen for the ugly Beast--and once again the two children find themselves sucked into another story and faced with having to set things right if they want to get home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAHMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: On their fifth trip through the magic mirror, siblings Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of Rapunzel--and they set out to free her from her tower, reunite her with her parents, and give the story a completely happy ending.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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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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Summary: Abby, her brother Jonah, and her friend Robin get sucked into the magic mirror and end up in the story of Sleeping Beauty, but when Robin pricks her finger and uses up the sleeping spell, Abby has to come up with a clever solution and a new happily-ever-after.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2014
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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 RUSTulien, Sean
Summary: Three clever billy goats find themselves trapped in a video game, confronting the Hillside Castle run by a monster troll--and they have to use their new superpowers to get past the castle to the green field of grass, and lunch.
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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 FARSummary: This collection contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2016