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Fractured Fairytales

Fractured Fairytales

Revised January 2023

 

Aesop’s Fables

Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy.

Lessie, Pat. Fablesauce: Aesop Reinterpreted in Rhyming Couplets.

Levine, Gail Caron. Betsy Who Cried Wolf.

Rosenthal, Paul. Yo, Aesop! Get a Load of These Fables!

Scieszka, Jon. Squids Will Be Squids.

 

Baba Yaga (Witch in Russian Folk Tales)

Johnston, Tony. Alice Nizzy Nazzy: the Witch of Sante Fe.

Lurie, Alison. The Black Geese: a Baba Yaga Story from Russia.

McCaughrean, Geraldine. Grandma Chickenlegs.

 

Beauty and the Beast

McKinley, Robin. Beauty : A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast.

Napoli, Donna Jo. Beast.

 

The Bremen Town Musicians

Price, Kathy. The Bourbon Street Musicians.

 

Chicken Little/Henny Penny

Asto, Dianna Hutts. Loony Little: The Ice Cap is Melting!

Byrd, Robert. Brave Chicken Little.

Hopkins, Jackie Mims. Prairie Chicken Little.

Palatini, Margie. Earthquack!

Teague, Mark. The Sky Is Falling!

Wedelich, Sam. Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf.

 

Cinderella

Beuhner, Caralyn. Fanny’s Dream.

Brucker, Meredith. Anklet for a Princess: a Cinderella Story from India.

Carey, Lorraine. Cinderella’s Stepsister and the Big Bad Wolf.

Cali, Davide. Cinderella and the Furry Slippers.

Climo, Shirley. The Egyptian Cinderella.

Climo, Shirley. The Irish Cinderlad.

Climo, Shirley. The Korean Cinderella.

Climo, Shirley. The Persian Cinderella.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhard. Angkat: the Cambodian Cinderella.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhard. Domitila: a Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhard. Jouanah: a Hmong Cinderella.

Cole, Babette. Prince Cinders.

Daly, Judy. Fair Brown and Trembling: an Irish Cinderella Story.

DeLaPaz, Myrna J. Abadeha: the Philippine Cinderella.

DeLasCasas, Dianne. Cenderellaphant.

DePaola, Tomie. Adelita: a Mexican Cinderella Story.

Dodd, Emma. Cinderelephant.

Goode, Diane. Cinderella, the Dog, and her Little Glass Slipper.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella.

Hickox, Rebecca. The Golden Sandal: a Middle Eastern Cinderella Story.

Huck, Charlotte. Toads and Diamonds.

Huck, Charlotte. Princess Furball.

Jackson, Ellen. Cinder Edna.

Jaffe, Nina. The Way Meat Loves Salt; a Cinderella Tale from the Jewish Tradition.

Johnston, Tony. Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella.

Ketteman, Helen. Bubba, the Cowboy Prince.

Lattimore, Deborah. Cinderhazel: the Cinderella of Halloween.

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.

Louie, Ai-Ling. Yeh-Shen: a Cinderella Story from China.

Lowell, Susan. Cindy Ellen: a Wild Western Cinderella.

Maguire, Gregory. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.

Martin, Rafe. Rough-Face Girl.

Meddaugh, Susan. Cinderella’s Rat.

Munsch, Robert. Paper Bag Princess.

Perlman, Janet. Cinderella Penguin, or, The Little Glass Flipper.

Pollock, Penny. The Turkey Girl: a Zuni Cinderella Story.

Pullman, Philip. I Was a Rat!

Rudy, Maggie. Sootypaws: A Cinderella Story.

San Souci, Robert. Cendrillon: a Caribbean Cinderella.

San Souci, Robert. Cinderella Skeleton.

San Souci, Robert. Sootface: an Ojibwa Cinderella Story.

San Souci, Robert. Little Gold Star: a Spanish American Cinderella Tale.

Schroeder, Alan. Smoky Mountain Rose: an Appalachian Cinderella.

Schwartz, Corey Rosen. Twinderella, a Fractioned Fairy Tale.

Sierra, Judy. The Gift of the Crocodile.

Silverman, Erica. Raisel’s Riddle.

Steptoe, John. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.

Underwood, Deborah. Interstellar Cinderella.

 

Collections of Characters & Stories

Ahlberg, Janet. Each Peach, Pear, Plum.

Ahlberg, Jessica. Fairy Tales for Mr. Barker: A Peek-Through Story.

Angleberger, Tom. The Princess and the Pit Stop.

Brown, Marc. Arthur’s Really Helpful Bedtime Stories.

Child, Lauren. Beware of the Storybook Wolves.

Datlow, Ellen. A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales.

Duffy, Chris. Fairy Tale Comics.

Lansky, Bruce. Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book 1.

Maxwell, Andy. Once Upon a Slime.

Newman, Robin. Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep.

Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

Snyder, Laurel. Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings!

Steig, William. Shrek!

Underwood, Deborah. Good Night, Baddies.

Vande Velde, Vivian. Tales From the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird.

 

Cow who Jumped Over the Moon

Choldenko, Gennifer. Moonstruck: The True Story of the Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon.

Stevens, Janet. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon.

 

Elves and the Shoemaker

Lowell, Susan. The Bootmaker and the Elves.

 

Emperor’s New Clothes

Compestine, Ying Chang. The Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes.

Goode, Diane. The Dinosaur’s New Clothes.

Perlman, Janet. The Emperor Penguin’s New Clothes.

Yolen, Jane. King Long Shanks.

 

Fisherman and His Wife

Polacco, Patricia. Luba and the Wren.

 

Frog Prince

Calmenson, Stephanie. The Frog Principal.

Scieszka, Jon. The Frog Prince, Continued.

 

Gingerbread Boy

Aylesworth, Jim. Gingerbread Man.

Brett, Jan. Gingerbread Baby.

Compestine, Ying Chang. The Runaway Rice Cake.

Ernst, Lisa Campbell. The Gingerbread Girl.

Hemingway, Edward. Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story.

Kimmel, Eric. The Runaway Tortilla.

Kimmelman, Leslie. The Runaway Latkes.

Kleven, Elisa. The Horribly Hungry Gingerbread Boy: A San Francisco Story.

Leigh, C.J. The Ninjabread Man.

Murray, Laura. “Gingerbread Man” series.

Sawyer, Ruth. Journey Cake, Ho!

Shulman, Lisa. The Matzo Ball Boy.

Squires, Jaent. The Gingerbread Cowboy.

Stihler, Cherie. Sourdough Man: an Alaskan Folktale.

 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Barrington, Gregory. Goldilocks and the Three Knocks.

Boureois, Paulette. Professor Goose Debunks Goldilocks and the Three Bear.

Bradford, Wade. Papa Bear’s Page Fright.

Catalano, Dominic. Santa and the Three Bears.

Denim, Sue. The Dumb Bunnies.

Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Goldilocks Returns.

Hodgkinson, Leigh. Goldilocks and the Just Right Potty.

Lowell, Susan. Dusty Locks and the Three Bears.

Maccarone, Grace. The Three Bears ABC: an Alphabet Book.

MacDonald, Alan. Beware of the Bears!

Marie, Lynne. Moldilocks and the Three Scares: A Zombie Tale.

Marshall, James. Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Meyers, Cindy. Rolling Along with Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Modugno, Maria. Santa Claus and the Three Bears.

Perl. Erica S. Goatilocks and the Three Bears.

Petach, Heidi. Goldilocks and the Three Hares.

Prince, April Jones. Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates.

Rueda, Claudia. Redlocks and the Three Bears.

Schwartz, Corey Rosen and Beth Coulton. Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears.

Tolhurst, Marilyn. Somebody and the Three Blairs.

Turkle, Brinton. Deep in the Forest.

Willems, Mo. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs.

Yim, Natasha. Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas.

 

Hansel and Gretel

Hillier, Margaret. The Cookie House.

Kimmel, Eric. Hank and Gertie: A Pioneer Hansel and Gretel Story.

Marshall, James. Hansel and Gretel.

Woollvin, Bethan. Hansel & Gretel.

 

Hickory Dickory Dock

Murray, Alison. Hickory Dickory Dog. Candlewick, 2014.

 

House That Jack Built

Scieszka, Jon. The Book That Jack Wrote.

Sierra, Judy. The House That Drac Built.

 

Humpty Dumpty

Graham, Bob. Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty Dumpty’s Little Sister.

Imai, Miko. Little Lumpty.

Kirk, Daniel. Humpty Dumpty.

O’Malley, Kevin. Humpty Dumpty Expodes.

Santat, Dan. After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again.

 

I Know An Old Lady…

Colandro, Lucille. “There Was an Old Lady…” series.

Jackson, Alison. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie.

Sloat, Teri. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout.

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Briggs, Raymond. Jim and the Beanstalk.

Johnson, Paul Brett. Jack Outwits the Giants.

Ketteman, Helen. Waynetta and the Cornstalk.

Napoli, Donna Jo. Crazy Jack.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Kate and the Beanstalk.

Stanley, Diane. The Giant and the Bean Stalk.

Swope, Sam. Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants.

Teague, Mark. Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries.

 

King Midas

Catling, Patrick. The Chocolate Touch.

 

Lazy Jack

DeFelice, Cynthia. Mule Eggs.

Rockwell, Anne. The Gollywhopper Egg.

 

The Lion or the Tiger

Morrison, Toni. The Lion or the Mouse.

Morrison, Toni. The Poppy or the Snake.

 

Little Red Hen

Ada, Alma Flor. With Love, Little Red Hen.

Gunderson, Jessica. Little Red Riding Hood Stories from Around the World

Oppenheim, Joanne. “Not now!” Said the Cow.

Ransom, Jeanie Franz. Big Red and the Little Bunny Wolf: A Story about Bullying.

Shannon, George. Turkey Tot.

Stevens, Janet. Cook-A-Doodle-Doo.

Sturges, Philemon. The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza.

 

Little Red Riding Hood

Alexander, Jed. Red.

Artell, Mike. Petite Rouge: a Cajun Red Riding Hood.

Daly, Niki. Pretty Salma: a Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa.

Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Little Red Riding Hood: a Newfangled Prairie Tale.

Fliess, Sue. Little Red Rhyming Hood.

Fox, Diane and Christyan Fox. The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma.

Gomez, Rebecca J. Federico and the Wolf.

Heapy, Teresa. Very Little Red Riding Hood.

Kimmel, Eric. Little Red Hot.

Lazar, Tara. Little Red Gliding Hood.

Lehman, Barbara. Little Red and the Cat Who Loved Cake.

Lodding, Linda. Little Red Riding Sheep.

Lowell, Susan. Little Red Cowboy Hat.

McNaughton, Colin. Oops!

Mortimer, Rachael. Red Riding Hood and the Sweet Little Wolf.

O’Byrne, Nicola. Use Your Imagination (but be careful what you wish for!).

Ramos, Mario. I Am So Clever.

Rodari, Gianni. Telling Stories Wrong.

Schwartz, Corey Rosen. Ninja Red Riding Hood.

Smith, Alex T. Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion.

Stein, Peter. Little Red’s Riding ‘Hood.

Woollvin, Bethan. Little Red.

Young, Ed. Lon Po Po: a Red Riding Hood Story From China.

 

Mother Goose

Evans, Nate and Stephanie Gwyn Brown. Mother Goose to the Rescue!

Gosling, Gabby. The Top Secret Files of Mother Goose!

Herz, Henry, et. al. Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes.

Hill, Susanna Leonard. What Are Little Girls Made of: A Modern Nursery Rhyme.

Jackson, Alison. If the Shoe Fits.

Kolar, Rachel. Mother Ghost: Nursery Rhymes for Little Monsters.

Marks, Alan. The People of the Town: Nursery-Rhyme Friends for You and Me.

McCanna, Tim. Jack B. Ninja.

McClintock, Barbara. Three Little Kittens.

Pearson, Tracey Campbell. Girls and Boys Come Out to Play.

Sierra, Judy. Monster Goose.

Sklansky, Amy E. These Little Piggies Go to the Beach.

Smith, Danna. Mother Goose’s Pajama Party.

Trapani, Iza. Old King Cole.

Zalben, Jane Breskin. Hey, Mama Goose.

 

Old MacDonald

Ormerod, Jan. Ms. MacDonald Has a Class.

Palatini, Margie. Piggie Pie.

Shulman, Lisa. Old Macdonald Had a Woodshop.

 

Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe

McDonald, Margaret Read. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle.

 

Princess and the Pea

Auch, Mary Jane. The Princess and the Pizza.

Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Princess Pigtoria and the Pea.

Elya, Susan Middleton. La Princesa and the Pea.

Grey, Mini. The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-be.

Himes, Rachel. Princess and the Peas.

Johnston, Tony. The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea.

Levine, Gail Carson. Princess Test.

Perlman, Nancy. The Penguin and the Pea.

 

Puss in Boots

Huling, Jan and Phil. Puss in Cowboy Boots.

 

Rapunzel

Gunderson, Jessica. Really, Rapunzel Needed a Haircut!

Napoli, Donna Jo. Zel.

Wilcox, Leah. Falling for Rapunzel.

Roberts, Lynn. Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale.

 

Rumpelstiltskin

Hamilton, Virginia. The Girl Who Spun Gold.

Kimmel, Eric. Rattlestiltskin.

Schmidt, Gary D. Straw into Gold.

Zemach, Harve. Duffy and the Devil: a Cornish Tale.

 

Sleeping Beauty

Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta. Snoring Beauty.

Heapy, Teresa. Very Little Sleeping Beauty.

Levine, Gail Carson. Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep.

Minters, Frances. Sleepless Beauty.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Sleeping Bobby.

Paterson, Katherine. The Wide-Awake Princess.

Underwood, Deborah. Reading Beauty.

Yolen, Jane. Sleeping Ugly.

 

Snow White

Cali, Davide. Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs.

Delessert, Etienne. The Seven Dwarfs.

 

Stone Soup

Chen, Vincent. Hot Pot Night!

Compestine, Ying Chang. The Real Story of Stone Soup.

Davis, Aubrey. Bone Button Borscht.

DePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona.

Durant, Alan. Quill Soup: A Stone Soup Story.

Fullerton, Alma. Community Soup.

Gershator, David. Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale.

Glaser, Linda. Stone Soup with Matzoh Balls: A Passover Tale in Chelm.

Kimmel, Eric. Cactus Soup.

Mosel, Arlene. The Funny Little Woman.

Muth, Jon. Stone Soup.

Zemach, Harve. Nail Soup.

 

Teeny Tiny Woman

Calmenson, Stephanie. Teeny Tiny Teacher.

 

Three Billy Goats Gruff

Crosby, Jeff. The Rockabilly Goats Gruff.

Elya, Susan Middleton. The Three Billy Goats Buenos.

Emberley, Rebecca. Three Cool Kids.

Hassett, John. Three Silly Girls Grubb.

Jackson, Richard. The Three Billy Goats Gruff: the FULL Story.

Mortimer, Rachael. The Three Billy Goats Fluff.

Shaskan, Stephen. The Three Triceratops Tuff.

 

Three Little Pigs

Asch, Frank. Ziggy Piggy and the Three Little Pigs.

Blackford, Andy. The Three Little Pigs and the New Neighbors.

Cali, Davide. Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf: A Counting Story.

Crittenden, Nina Victor. The Three Little Pugs.

Derting, Kimberly. Penny, the Engineering Tail of the Fourth Little Pig.

Evans, Claire. The Three Little Superpigs: Trick or Treat?

Gordon, David. The Three Little Rigs.

Grace, Will. The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark.

Kellogg, Steven. The Three Little Pigs.

Ketteman, Helen. The Three Little Gators.

Kim, Cecil. The Three Pig Sisters.

Kimmel, Eric. The Three Little Tamales.

Lowell, Susan. The Three Little Javelinas.

Maccarone, Grace. The Three Little Pigs Count to 100.

Marshall, James. The Three Little Pigs.

McNaughton, Colin. Oops!

Perl, Erica S. Three Little Guinea Pigs.

Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

Stevens, Janet. Little Good Wolf.

Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.

Whatley, Bruce. Wait! No Paint!

Wiesner, David. The Three Pigs.

 

Tortoise and the Hare

Bruchas, Joseph. Turtle’s Race with Beaver.

Floyd, Lucy. Rabbit and Turtle Go to School.

 

Town Mouse and Country Mouse

Summers, Kate. Milly and Tilly: The Story of a Town Mouse and a Country Mouse.

 

Twelve Dancing Princesses

Allen, Debbie. Brothers of the Knight.

Bateman, Teresa. The Princess Have a Ball.

Fitchett, Gordon. The Twelve Princesses.

Heyman, Alissa. Twelve Dancing Unicorns.

 

Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool

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