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Publisher
Hesperus Minor
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Andrew Lang began gathering fairy tales with the aim of conserving the old stories that have pleased so many generations. This bold and eclectic anthology contains wonderful renditions of old favorites such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, as well as some little known stories like The Death of Koschei the Deathless and The Nettle Spinner. Be transported to a land full of marvels and magic, a world of enchanted forests and isolated castles,...
82) Rumpelstiltskin
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
83) Red Riding Hood
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 1
Publisher
Disney Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jafar steals the Genie's lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war.
85) Sleeping Beauty
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful princess is put into a deep sleep by a curse until she is awakened by a brave prince.
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After falling through the refrigerator into the Land of Fake Believe, Princess meets a girl named Moldylocks who takes her to the home of the Three Beards for chili. But when the Beards capture her friend, Princess must come up with a plan to save her.
Publisher
Racehorse for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The third installment of Andrew Lang's widely read classics, The Green Fairy Book has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of fairy tales. Originally published in 1892, this collection of celebrated tales has stood the test of time. Some of the famous stories included are: The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, The Blue Bird, The Magic Swan, The Enchanted Ring, The Twelve Huntsmen,...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of an Irish folktale, the Prince of Ireland's stepmother curses him to stay no longer than two nights anywhere until he brings her a giant's horses from the western edge of the world.
93) Tales from Grimm
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of nine traditonal tales.
Author
Series
Cursebreaker series volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Loyalties are tested and new love blooms in a kingdom on the brink of war.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom.
100) Little Red
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On her way to Grandma's house, Little Red meets a wolf. Which might scare some little girls. But not this little girl. She knows just what the wolf is up to, and she's not going to let him get away with it"--
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