LibraryAware Fairy Tales

The boy who thought he was a teddy bear : a fairy tale
by Jeanne Willis

A warmhearted book that tells the tale of a misplaced boy and the cuddly teddy bears who raise him as one of their own.

Fairy tales for Mr. Barker : A Peek-through Story
by Jessica Ahlberg

Reading a fairy tale to a dog who has other ideas, young Lucy is astonished when her canine companion leaps out the window, landing in a cottage with a broken chair, three bowls of porridge and a golden-haired little girl.

Hensel and Gretel, ninja chicks
by Corey Rosen Schwartz

The team behind The Three Ninja Pigs and Ninja Red Riding Hood present a latest fractured fairy tale depicting ninja sisters Hensel and Gretel, who must rescue their parents from the cornbread cottage of a wily fox.

Interstellar Cinderella
by Deborah Underwood

Preparing to fly to the ball with a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella, a talented innovator, zooms to the rescue when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble.

Once upon a cool motorcycle dude
by Kevin O'Malley

Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.

La princesa and the pea
by Susan Middleton Elya

"A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. Incorporates Spanish words and Includes a glossary"

Skippyjon Jones, Snow What
by Judith Byron Schachner

Embarking on an adventure in his closet while his sisters listen to fairy tales, Skippyjon Jones imagines himself in a magical snowy forest where the seven Chimichangos challenge him to wake a sleeping frozen princess by giving her a kiss. By the creator of Grannyman.

The white cat : an Old French fairy tale
by Robert D. San Souci

The White Cat helps the youngest prince win his father's throne

The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales
by Jon Scieszka

A revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children's favorite tales in this collection that includes "Little Red Running Shorts," "The Princess and the Bowling Ball," "Cinderumpelstilskin," and others.

Puss in Boots
by Jerry Pinkney

A sumptuous rendering of the classic fairy tale adds whimsical and magical elements to lush Renaissance-inspired spreads featuring a clever feline who tricks a king and sorcerer to secure a princess's hand for his penniless master. By the Caldecott Medal-winning author of Three Little Kittens.

Cinders : a chicken Cinderella
by Jan Brett

The award-winning creator of The Mitten presents a sumptuously illustrated adaptation of the Cinderella story that is set amid a snowy Russian winter, where a maligned chicken wins the heart of Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her henpecking sisters do not recognize her.

Princess tales : once upon a time in rhyme with seek-and-find pictures
by Grace Maccarone

A sumptuously detailed hidden-object storybook features rhyming verses about princesses who dance, eat apples, spin straw into gold and more while inviting children to find cleverly incorporated elements. Illustrated by the artist of The Quiltmaker's Gift.