Fractured Fairy Tales

Fractured Fairy Tales

Booklist prepared by Carrie Rankin
Additions by Laurel Indalecio
 

Presents letters between such fairy tale characters as Goldilocks, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and the Three Pigs.

Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters.

A Jolly Postman delivers letters to several famous fairy-tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella, and the Three Bears. Each letter may be removed from its envelope page and read separately.

An out-of-work princess applies to become the bride of Prince Drupert, but first she must pass several tests, including a cooking contest.

In this adaptation of "The Crane Wife," a shipbuilder marries a mysterious woman who makes him promise never to look at her while she  weaves.

Rebuffed by the princess after retrieving her golden ball, a noble frog sets out to find a more suitable mate.

Jim climbs a beanstalk and meets a grumpy Giant (the son of the Original)

The Emperor's clothes are news -- Rumpelstiltskin by any other name  -- Gold in Locks -- Little Well-Read Riding Hood -- Teller's tale -- Tale of tellers.

A retelling of five classic folk/fairy tales including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Jack retelling of five classic folk/fairy tales, including Cinderella, and the Beanstalk, from a contemporary perspective.

J  Fic  BRO

Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl who dreams of marrying a prince,  but when her fairy godmother doesn't show up, she decides on a local farmer instead.

The sister of the Three Little Pigs comes to visit and tries to persuade her brothers, who have been hermits since an episode with a wolf, to overcome their fears and go outside.

An update of the three sillies, this time with three silly sisters going out into the world to track down a replacement button for their father’s pants.

A giant accidentally cuts off his toe and it develops a character of its own.

In this Appalachian variant of the Cinderella tale, old Granny helps Ashpet attend the church picnic where she charms Doc Ellison's son but loses one of her fancy red shoes.

In this story, loosely based on that of Cinderella but featuring dinosaurs, the Duke falls in love with Dinorella when she rescues him from the dreaded deinonychus at the Dinosaur Dance.

While taking cheese pies to her Granny, Ruby, a small but  tough-minded little mouse, forgets her mother's advice not to talk to cats.

This retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is set in the heart of a city where an enormous rat tries to keep three goats from crossing the street.

An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf.

An update of the Little Red Hen, where Mr. Wolf manages to make pancakes all by himself when his nasty fairy tale neighbors won’t stop help him.

McBroom gets ready to tell his many preposterous stories in the World Champion Liar's contest only to be disqualified for telling the truth.

In this retelling of the familiar story about two rascals who sell a vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes, the characters are presented as dinosaurs.

Not satisfied being a frog, Pondlarker seeks a princess' kiss to fulfill his princely ambitions.

In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella  finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.

A Southwestern version of the traditional tale, in which a boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk and uses his quick wits to outsmart the giant cattle rustler Wild Bill Hiccup.

Little wolf is tired of eating lamburgers and sloppy does, but when he tricks his parents into thinking there is a boy in the woods, they could all miss a chance for a real feast.

The three silly sisters skip off to school over the bridge
where Ugly-Boy Bobby hides.  The "toll" he demands
are their jelly donuts. 

When Cowboy Carl marries Cactus Kate, Carl's dog Cinderdog must deal with his new sibling, Kate's ornery cat Wicked.

In this Appalachian version of the classic tale, Hamlet, the youngest pig, rescues her two greedy brothers from the clutches of the "mean, tricky old drooly-mouth fox."

When Manuela's sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's talking roadrunner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, in a Southwestern version of the Baba Yaga story.

This version of the familiar story in which a mistreated step-child finds happiness with the "man" of her dreams is set in the old-growth forest and features Bigfoot characters.

In this adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea," the wealthy daughter of a Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors.

At her christening a princess is given the gift of "ordinariness" by a fairy, and the consequences of that eventually take her to a nearby palace where, having run away to become a fourteenth assistant kitchen maid, she meets the prince for her.

Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the sky  seems to be falling, are easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them into his truck.

A collection of seven stories based on favorite Mother Goose rhymes, including expanded versions of "Humpty Dumpty," "Little Miss Muffet," and "Old King Cole."

Twelve original fairy tales about princes and princesses in which  the wizards, fairy godmothers, dragons, and the like don't always have the expected effect.

In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

While on a picnic, a father puts together familiar elements from various stories until he comes up with a version his children like.

A retelling, set in the Old West, of the traditional story about   two elves who help a poor shoemaker, or in this case a bootmaker, and his wife.

A Southwestern version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in which Little Red rides her pony Buck to Grandma's ranch with a jar of cactus jelly in the saddlebag.

A southwestern adaptation of "The Three Little Pigs."

A little bit of Cinderella mixed with Baba Yaga, when a small girl is sent to the evil Grandma Chickenlegs by her evil stepmother to get a needle.

Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.

A young pig uses her ability to read to outwit a wolf that intends  to eat her.

In this updated, rhyming retelling of the traditional fairy tale, Beauty outwits the wicked witch and arranges for her own happy ending.

A princess outsmarts a dragon and gets rid of him for good.  In the  process, she finds that it is better to be a smart princess than a pretty one.

Jimmy, the froglet son of an enchanted frog-prince, tries to save his pond from the evil hag and in the process finds himself transformed into a human boy.

After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later.

Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.

Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family.

Cursed by an evil fairy at her christening, Princess Melisande grows up bald but finds herself facing another set of problems when her wish for golden hair is fulfilled.

Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal relates updated versions of five fairy tales linked together, in each of which he plays a major role: Shaq and the beanstalk; Little Red Riding Shaq; Shaq and the three bears; Shaq's new clothes; and Shaq and the three billy goats gruff.

The story of the witch Gritch, who decides to make the title dish.

A lazy, dimwitted boy who can never do anything right makes a sad princess laugh, thereby winning her hand.

Mother wicked wolf. Goat rescues six of her kids after they are swallowed by a wicked wolf.

A madcap variation of the cumulative nursery rhyme, this time beginning when Jack writes a book.

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

Scieszka, Jon

Rumpelstiltskin’s daughter may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted an entire kingdom.

In a reversal of the Goldilocks story, a bear explores the home of the three Blairs while they are out.

An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.

A wordless picture book about a bear that visits, reversing the three bears story.

A spunky princess with a mind of her own resists her parents' plans to ensnare a prince for her and rides forth to adventures of her choosing.   (In Spanish only)

In her haste to flee the palace before her fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. Photographs show the characters depicted as dogs.

Wegman and his dogs Fay and Battina turn to this classic tale.

Six unusual fairy tales include "The Practical Princess," "Stupid  Marco," "The Silver Whistle," "Forgetful Fred," "Petronella," and  "Philbert the Fearful".

Williams, Jay

A troll tries to prevent Trigg from crossing the bridge on the way to school only to be outwitted by the boy's riddles.

Although he hates their poor poetry, a frog king agrees to let two flattering scoundrels create an outfit for him that will show off his fine, long, strong legs and test the loyalty of his subjects.

When beautiful Princess Miserella, Plain Jane, and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell, a prince undoes the spell in a surprising way.