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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah · 468 pages
A Whole New World
Liz Braswell · 376 pages
"Aladdin is a street rat. There's really no getting around that. Like most, he's just trying to survive another day in impoverished Agrabah. Jasmine is a princess, one who is about to enter into an arranged marriage. All she wants is to escape her fate, to see what lies beyond the palace walls. But everything changes when the sultan's trusted advisor, Jafar, suddenly rises to power. With the help
Sleeping Beauty: a Little Golden Book
Michael Teitelbaum, Walt Disney Company
Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones · 293 pages
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.
Cinderella
Charles Perrault · 32 pages
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo · 270 pages
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Spindle
E.K. Johnston · 369 pages
"Yashaa sets out to break the curse over the kingdom with his three friends and the princess herself in this lush, transformative retelling of Sleeping Beauty"--
The Little Mermaid
Michael Teitelbaum
The Princess and Curdie
George MacDonald · 172 pages
With the help of a mysterious fairy queen who provides monstrous but gentle creatures to aid him, a miner's son takes on the dangerous task of helping the king and princess confound their enemies and save the kingdom.
Many Moons
James Thurber · 47 pages
Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
The Arabian Nights
Anonymous · 912 pages
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume
The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer · 448 pages
Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),
The Little Mermaid
Walt Disney Company, Stephanie Calmenson
A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the heart of the prince she loves.
Melisande
E. Nesbit · 43 pages
Cursed by an evil fairy at her christening, Princess Melisande grows up bald but finds herself facing another set of problems when her wish for golden hair is fulfilled.
The Sleeping Beauty
Trina Schart Hyman · 48 pages
Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the thirteenth fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.
The Paper Bag Princess
Robert Munsch · 32 pages
Story about not accepting failure or giving up on what you want. It's not about looks or power but tenacity and quick thinking. Hurray for you Princess of the Paper Bag. Very short, easy reading. I wanted to hear more about her.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl · 96 pages
The main character of Fantastic Mr. Fox is an extremely clever anthropomorphized fox named Mr. Fox. He lives with his wife and four little foxes. In order to feed his family, he steals food from the cruel, brutish farmers named Boggis, Bunce, and Bean every night. Finally tired of being constantly outwitted by Mr. Fox, the farmers attempt to capture and kill him. The foxes escape in time by bur
Stanley and the Magic Lamp
Jeff Brown · 93 pages
The members of the Lambchop family react differently when a boisterous genie grants their wishes for fame, power, and the ability to fly.
The Frog Prince, Continued
Jon Scieszka · 32 pages
After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation.
The Forbidden Wish
Jessica Khoury · 340 pages
"Forced to hid her true identity, Zahra, a teenage genie, finds her chance for freedom challenged by her love for her master,"--NoveList.
Snow White
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 48 pages
Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.
The Horse and His Boy
C.S. Lewis · 208 pages
Bree, the talking horse, has been kidnapped from Narnia, and longs to return. Shasta decides to run away with him. Before they know it, they are on a dangerous journey together, through strange cities, tombs and harsh deserts.
Beauty and the Beast
Max Eilenberg · 64 pages
A beautiful daughter dreams of meeting a handsome prince, but in order to save her father's life, she leaves home to live with a terrible, frightening beast. Though her patron is hideous, his disarming generosity slowly leads to a surprising connection.