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Author
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Seven magical yet forgotten fairy tales will sweep you from the depths of the ocean to the far side of the moon, but they all share one thing: a celebration of kindness, courage and the importance of being true to yourself"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Meant to be volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A modern tale of unexpectedly falling in love and finding your voice, Kiss the Girl is the highly anticipated third installment in the acclaimed and best-selling Meant to Be collection. Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. She and her sisters--together, known as the band Siren Seven--have been a pop culture phenomenon since they were kids. On stage, wearing her iconic red wig and sequined costumes, staring out at a sea of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...
4) Promchanted
Author
Publisher
DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation.
Author
Series
Sisters ever after volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The fourth book in the Sisters Ever After series of fairy tale retellings, this is the wild story of Mera, the only one who can save her beautiful older sister when she is kidnapped by the Beast who viciously rules over their small village"--
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Travelling through the pages of The Three Little Pigs, Mother Goose's great-niece Professor Goose fact-checks, exposes flaws and explains the science, in this engaging and educational fractured fairy tale filled with jokes and funny illustrations"--
Series
Cautionary fables and fairytales volume 6
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This sixth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales anthology series features modern comics adaptations of traditional folklore from across the South American continent.--Publisher.
Author
Series
Book of Lost Things volume 2
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While reading aloud fairy stories in hopes of bringing her comatose eight-year-old daughter back to this world, Ceres is called to a land colored by the memories of childhood and the folklore beloved by her father where old enemies are watching and waiting.
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Jade Emperor drops two gems from heaven, he sends his daughter and son to retrieve them. On their journey, the children witness the darkness and struggle around them. After petitioning their father to bring light into the world, each gem is transformed into the sun and the moon, where to this day sister and brother hold them up in our sky"--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The story of Rapunzel where she's being locked in a tower by a witch is a good one--but it's not totally the truth. The real story is about a young princess in China named Ra Pu Zel who doesn't want to talk to princes or look proper. What Pu Zel wants is to cook and eat in peace, her long hair neatly braided to keep it out of her food. And when she gets tired of everyone telling her what to do, she locks herself in a tower with her dog Bao. Although...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring all the ways love can save us-or go monstrously wrong. The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, hungry yearning: the desire to be loved, and seen, and known. And the terror of those things too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long...
Author
Series
Never after volume 4
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The League of Seven follows the yellow brick road to retrieve the sword of Excalibur and save Fil's mother from Olga's evil clutches.
19) Creeping beauty
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bitsy is no one's ideal princess. She's heard it all: that it's a shame she's so plain, so lacking in grace. That the best thing for her to do is simply wait and hope some prince will grant her a happy ending. Then Bitsy pricks her finger on a spindle and falls into a world where cutthroats and con artists are more common than curtsies. Where no one ages and everyone is beautiful. Where an inscrutable evil rests at its core. A land where Bitsy's fate...
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