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Ahlberg, Allan. Ten
in a Bed. Every night, Dinah Price is stopped from going to bed by finding fairy tale characters already there. In order to get rid of them, she must tell them a bedtime story. Brooke, William, J.
A Telling of the Tales. All three books are clever, witty, often humorous retellings that delight in the power of words. Graceful and ironic. All three books are an example of retold fairy tales at their best. Short stories. Brust, Steven. The
Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. Interweaves a Hungarian folktale with the modern story of three artists' struggles against a world's indifference. Cooper, Susan. Tam
Lin. Beautifully illustrated picture book. Dalkey, Kara. The
Nightingale. Turns the Hans Christian Andersen story into a novel set in ancient Japan in a tale of love, magic, and poetry that evokes the life of the Japanese imperial court. Datlow, Ellen (Ed.).
Black Thorn, White Rose. Anthologies with recommended reading and an introduction to these new stories that retell fairy tales utilizing a darker and sexier tone for adults. _____. Silver Birch, Blood Moon. NY: Avon, 1999. _____. Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears. NY: Avo Nova/Morrow. 1995. Nineteen original literary fairy tales plus familiar stories in new guises. Adult material. _____. Snow White, Blood Red. NY: Morrow Avo Nova. 1993. Emphasizing the roots and archetypal imagery of the ancient fairy tale tradition, the book includes introductions and 20 original stories. Adult material. Dean, Pamela. Tam
Lin. Based on a 16th century Scottish ballad. In 1970s Minnesota, Janet Carter enters college and finds exciting classical education fraught with Shakespeare, Keats, Pope and Homer. Living in a dorm, away from home for the first time, Janet's growing up is complicated by an unwanted pregnancy. de Lint, Charles.
Jack of Kinrowan. In this modern, urban fairy tale retelling Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack is a female. Donoghue, Emma.
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins. Donoghue interconnects the lives of Snow White, Beauty, Rapunzel, and other female fairy tale characters into a group of stories. Creative and beautiful. Ellis, Alice Thomas.
Fairy Tale: A Novel. Gaiman, Neil.
Stardust. Geras, Adele. Fairy Tale
series.
Goldman, William. The
Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love
& High Adventure: The 'Good Parts' Version,
Abridged. A modern classic. Thoroughly tongue-in-cheek modern fairy tale. If you've only seen the movie, read the book! Current 25th-anniversary hardcover edition includes the "first chapter of the long lost sequel, Buttercup's Baby." Lee, Tanith. Princess
Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises. McKinley, Robin.
Beauty. A much-loved retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story that is romantic and magical, but also believable and complex. 16-year-old Beauty is not the prettiest girl in her family, but she is the cleverest, bravest, and most honorable. _____. Deerskin. NY: Ace Books, 1993. Based on Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin. _____. Rose Daughter. NY: Ace Books, 1998. McKinley first retold the story of Beauty and the Beast in Beauty written 20 years before this book. This new novelization is richer, more mystical, and darker. Myers, John Myers.
Silverlock. Think you know your stuff? Test yourself with this marvelous, frustrating novel! The picaresque hero's adventures are in the varied worlds of Western literature including fairy tales and legends. The reader's enjoyable challenge is to identify stories, characters, and allusions. This book is so much fun! Napoli, Donna Jo.
Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace. The Frog Prince's frog son comes to visit the palace. _____. The Prince of
the Pond. The story of the Frog Prince from the frog's point of view. The enchanted prince is adopted by the frogs, but able only to tell them that he is the "Pin", since frog's tongues are connected at the front of their mouths. Very humorous. _____. The Magic
Circle. The 'Ugly One' longs to forget that she is a witch, and wants to take care of the children she finds in the woods. What is she to do when she hears voices telling her to eat them? _____. Zel. A retelling of the story of Rapunzel set in 15th century Switzerland. Told in the present tense from three alternating points of view: Zel, the young nobleman who falls in love with her, and Zel's mother. Scarborough, Elizabeth.
The Godmother. Rose Samson, a Seattle social worker in the near future, meets Felicity Fortune, a genuine fairy godmother. Modern-day characters taking on the classic fairy tale roles. Sly humor and yet truly touching. Romantic and real. And funny. _____. The
Godmother's Apprentice. Sequel to Godmother. Felicity Fortune takes Sno Quantrill to Ireland where Sno begins her own training as a fairy godmother. Based on Irish myths, legends, and fairy tales. Sexton, Anne.
Transformations. Poet Anne Sexton reworks several of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White to devastating effect. Adult. Synge, Ursula. Swan's
Wing. Tale of the 11th brother, who was left with one swan's wing in the original tale. Fairly Latinate, difficult prose. Tepper, Sheri.
Beauty. Beauty is the half-fairy daughter of the Duke of Westfaire, who is under a curse. Arranging for her halfsister, Beloved, to sleep instead of her, she escapes only to be captured by a film crew from the 21st century, where she discovers that all life but man has been destroyed. She goes to the 20th century and slowly learns her fairy powers. But her cold and uncaring mother in Faerie harasses Beauty further. Wrede, Patricia. Snow
White & Rose Red. Reworks the Grimm Brother's version weaving Elizabethan history and fantasy together. Charming and romantic. _____. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. (Dealing with Dragons; Searching for Dragons; Calling on Dragons; Talking to Dragons. ) This collection of four novels is right for juveniles up, for anyone who appreciates a Princess with a mind of her own, and a set of quirky characters. Very funny and popular with younger YAs. Yolen, Jane. Briar
Rose. Retells the story of Sleeping Beauty as a Holocaust memoir. Gemma never spoke about herself to her grandchildren, repeatedly retelling the story of Briar Rose which she called "Seepin Boot" instead. After Gemma's deathbed confession to Becca that, "I am Briar Rose," Becca sets out to discover Gemma's life story, guided by the story of "Seepin Boot" to the horrors of World War II Nazi genocide. Yolen, Jane. Twelve
Impossible Things Before Breakfast. In this collection of short stories, in addition to fairy tales, Yolen retells characters from classic children literature including Wendy from Peter Pan and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.
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