Valentino, Serena
Summary: What led Ursula, the sea witch, to become so twisted, scorned, and filled with hatred? Go beyond the traditional story of Disney's The Little Mermaid, and discover what heartbreak made Ursula the manipulator and villain she is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC VALValentino, Serena
Summary: An innocent child taken from her parents. A girl with magical hair confined to an isolated tower. But what does Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's adoptive mother, actually know? Does she want to shield the princess from a cruel world-- or is there more to the story? -- adapted from jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC VALFranklin, Ashley
Summary: In this picture book retelling of Disney's live action The Little Mermaid, Ariel longs to learn more about the human world and makes a deal with the Sea Witch, Ursula, to make her dream come true, but with disastrous consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2023
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Summary: In this humorous adaptation of a lesser-known Grimm fairy tale, Forest Ranger Dan finds a strange baby in a bird's nest and raises him along with his own baby daughter, Cassie; Birdy proves to have magic powers, and the cook at the Dark Woods Station (who is a witch, and makes really horrible food) wants to use him as an ingredient in her latest magic brew--so it is up to Birdy and Cassie to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE HARRowling, J. K.
Summary: "A collection of fairy tales for young wizards and witches. Each story is followed by observations on Wizarding history, personal reminiscences, and information on the story's key elements by Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ROWWoollvin, Bethan
Summary: "In a fairy tale twist, Hansel and Gretel ransack Willow the good witch's gingerbread cottage and play havoc with her spells, driving the poor witch to her wit's end."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishers 2018
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE WOOKönnecke, Ole
Summary: It all started on Dulcinea's birthday, when she wanted blueberries with her pancakes. Her father went into the forest near their house to pick the fruit, and he didn't come back! Even though she had promised never to go into the forest--where a witch lived, as everyone knew--Dulcinea was determined to find her father. So she went into the forbidden forest after him....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KONGunderson, Jessica
Summary: "Revisit the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Left in the woods, the two encounter a witch. Will the brother and sister find their way out of the forest safely, or be left at the hands of the witch?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GUNWoods, Kell
Summary: "After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of "happily ever after." Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOSummary: "Dive under the sea and into Ariel's enchanting worl. Featuring a sea witch and her spells, dinglehoppers and mermaids, this deluxe storybook retelling of the classic animated film is a treasure to behold."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC DISKingfisher, T.
Summary: "This isn't a fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's one where she kills him. From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive new fantasy adventure. After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra-the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter-has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates Book 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINZelinsky, Paul O.
Summary: A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story. The timeless tale of Rapunzel is vividly and magnificently brought to life through Zelinsky's powerful sense of narrative and stunning oil paintings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ZELCopies Available at Peninsula
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ZELHarper, 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 FARJakubowski, Michele
Summary: In this You Choose adventure, Rapunzel can be a lonely high school student, hoping to escape her grandmother's apartment to audition for the school musical; a professional gamer, isolated and at the mercy of her overbearing manager; or the adopted daughter of Dame Gothel, rumored to be a witch--the reader decides which plot to pursue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED JAKSullivan, 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 SULPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: Hansel and Gretel wander through the woods as they try to find their way home, and spot a house made of candy! The old woman inside promises them good things to eat, but what she has in mind in anything but sweet!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010