“Fractured Fairy Tales” in kids-books
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“Fractured Fairy Tales”
Interrupting Chicken
by: David Ezra Stein
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
The Three Pigs
by: David Wiesner
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
Falling for Rapunzel
by: Leah Wilcox
To rescue Rapunzel from her tower, a prince yells for her to throw down her hair; but being too far away to hear clearly, she tosses out various items from her room, including her maid.
Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again
by: Dave Horowitz
Humpty Dumpty has not climbed a single wall since his great fall, despite the urging of friends and teasing of others, but when one of the king's horses is stuck he finds the courage--and the proper climbing equipment--to help out.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
by: Jon Scieszka
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
Cinderellis and the Glass Hill
by: Gail Carson Levine
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea
by: Tony Johnston
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.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by: Jon Scieszka
Hijinks go beyond plot and picture in this raucous collection of fractured fairy tales.
Little Red Riding Wolf
by: Laurence Anholt
In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," a big, bad girl terrorizes a wolf cub who is going to visit his granny wolf.
A Tale of Two Castles
by: Gail Carson Levine
Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king.
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
by: Robin McKinley
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.
The Fairy-Tale Detectives
by: Michael Buckley
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
Rapunzel's Revenge
by: Shannon Hale
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
The Goose Girl
by: Shannon Hale
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.