Book List:  Fractured Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Picture Books at Curtis Memorial Library

“Fractured Fairy Tales” are adaptations of traditional tales. They may show new points of view, role reversals, new characters and plot twists, sequels, alternative settings, or fairy-tale combinations. They are often very funny!

The books listed here are shelved in the Picture Books areas unless otherwise indicated.

Beware of the Bears! by Alan MacDonald
Beware of the Storybook Wolves by Lauren Child
The Bourbon Street Musicians by Kathy Price
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen
Bunny and the Beast by Molly Coxe

Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet
A Chair for Baby Bear by Kaye Umansky
Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch
Cinderella, the Dog and Her Little Glass Slipper by Diane Goode
Cinderella’s Dress by Nancy Willard
Cinderella’s Rat by Susan Meddaugh

Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
The Famous Adventures of Jack by Berlie Doherty (j398.2)
The Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka

Gator Gumbo: A Spicy-Hot Tale by Candace Fleming
The Giant and the Beanstalk by Diane Stanley
Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley
Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine by Kathryn Lasky

If the Show Fits: Voices from Cinderella by Laura Whipple (j811.54)

Jack and the Beanstalk: How a Small Fellow Solved a Big Problem by Albert Lorenz
Jack and the Wonder Beans by James Still (j398.2)
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne

The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemom Sturges
Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Loony Little by Dianna Hutts Aston

The Matzo Ball Boy by Lisa Shulman
Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears by Jan Fearnley

Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) by Geoffrey Kloske and Barry Blitt

The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch
The Princesses Have a Ball by Teresa Bateman

Ruby by Michael Emberley
Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter by Diane Stanley

Shake Dem Halloween Bones by W. Nikola-Lisa
Shaq and the Beanstalk and Other Very Tall Tales by Shaquille O’Neal
Sleeping Bobby by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen (jE)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Sciezka

The Three Bears Rhyme Book by Jane Yolen (j811.54)
The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Mean Calypso Joe by Cathrene Valente Youngquist (j398.2)
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
The Three Pigs by David Weisner
The Three Silly Billies by Margie Palatini
The Three Silly Girls Grubb by John and Ann Hassett
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs … by Jon Scieszka

The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-Be by Mini Grey

With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada
The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Tim Raglin

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman (j428.6)