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Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah UnderwoodPreparing 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. By the author of The Quiet Book.
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Jack and the baked beanstalk
by Colin Stimpson
Spending his last pennies on an old can of baked beans when his mother's café business fails, Jack watches his disgruntled mother throw the beans out the window, where they grow overnight into a giant baked beanstalk that leads Jack to the lair of a fortune-counting giant.
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La princesa and the pea by Susan Middleton ElyaA rhyming, Latino 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, includes a glossary, and features artwork inspired by the culture of Peru.
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Little Roja Riding Hood
by Susan Middleton Elya
This sassy retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale includes accessible Spanish rhymes and fresh illustrations, with hip cultural details throughout. Features a glossary of Spanish words.
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Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse
by Marilyn Singer
An irreverent volume of versed fairy tales invites children to read each in its classic form and then to re-read the lines in a reversed order that gives the tales whimsical and modern twists. By the author of Shoe Bop!
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Red Riding Hood by Beatrix PotterWritten more than a century ago but never illustrated, a lesser-known Beatrix Potter dark adaptation of the “Little Red Riding Hood” classic combines the writer’s signature voice with evocative artwork by the award-winning illustrator of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
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Snow White
by Chloe Perkins
A first entry in a multicultural fairy-tale series incorporates sumptuous Japanese artwork into the reimagined story of a beautiful young girl who befriends seven dwarves before succumbing to a poisoned apple.
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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.
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Sugar Cane : a Caribbean Rapunzel
by Patricia Storace
Sugar Cane, trapped in a tower overlooking the sea with only a pet green monkey named Callaloo for company, sings a beautiful song in hopes that someone will hear her--and break the spell of the evil island sorceress, Madame Fate.
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The three billy goats gruff by Jerry PinkneyThree billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.
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