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Five Glass Slippers

Elisabeth Brown, Emma Clifton, Rachel Heffington, Stephanie Ricker, Clara Diane Thompson · back to the book

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Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales

Angela Carter · 486 pages

Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children. This collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales, hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories, from countries all around the world from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones, crafty women and bad girls, enchantresses and midwives, rascal aunts and odd sisters.

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Silver Birch, Blood Moon

Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling · 384 pages

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Grimm's Fairy Stories

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 144 pages

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The Blue Fairy Book

Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang · 377 pages

The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources: not only from Grimm, but exciting adventures by Charles Perrault and Madame D'Aulnoy, the Arabian Nights, and other stories from popular traditions. Here in one attractive paperbound volume - with enlarged print - are Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltzkin, Beauty and

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From the Stories of Old: A Collection of Fairy Tale Retellings

Heather Hayden, B.C. Marine, Renee Harvey, Allie May, Kelsie Engen, Corinne Morier, Lynden Wade, J. L. Bernard, Louise Ross, Mckayla Eaton, Katelyn Barbee, Matthew Dewar, J.E. Klimov · 382 pages

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Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales

Neil Gaiman, Carrie Ryan, Gene Wolfe, Kelley Armstrong, Rick Yancey, Kami Garcia, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Margaret Stohl, Saladin Ahmed · 368 pages

An anthology of reimagined classic tales applies unique spins to old favorites, from Saladin Ahmed's interpretation of Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to Neil Gaiman's twisted adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty." This anthology of reimagined classic tales are written by best-selling and award-winning young adult authors such as Carrie Ryan, Charles Vess, Garth Nix, Neil Gaiman, Tim Pratt, Ho

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Jim Henson's the Storyteller

Janet Lee, Nate Cosby, Katie Cook, Paul Tobin, Susan Kodieck, Anthony Minghella, Anne Mountfield, Ron Marz, Chris Eliopoulos, Colleen Coover, Jeff Parker, Roger Langridge, Marjorie M. Liu · 112 pages

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Once Upon a Curse: Stories and Fairy Tales for Adult Readers

Patricia C. Wrede, Peter S. Beagle, Nancy Kress, Cindy Lynn Speer, Siobhan Carroll, Imogen Howson, Lucy A. Snyder · 262 pages

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Harvest Moon

Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara West, Cameron Haley · 384 pages

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Once Upon a Kiss

Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Marianne Willman, Ruth Ryan Langan · 384 pages

Love, passion, and desire. It all begins with a kiss... A World Apart New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts A ravishing medieval Demon Slayer arrives in 20th century New York to brave a strange new world—and a man who will be her destiny. Impossible Jill Gregory The battle between two warring families becomes a battle of the sexes when a bewitching beauty finds herself kidnapped

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Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales

Yasmine Galenorn, Alethea Kontis, Annie Bellet, Anthea Sharp, Phaedra Weldon, Christine Pope, Jennifer Blackstream, Donna Augustine, C. Gockel, Audrey Faye, Jenna Elizabeth Johnson · 414 pages

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Once: Before Midnight/Golden/Wild Orchid

Cameron Dokey · 623 pages

In "Before Midnight," Cendrillon tests her father's will by leaving the grounds for a royal ball; in "Golden," Rapunzel, born bald, must break an enchantment to free her heart; and in "Wild Orchid," Mulan joins the army disguised as a boy.

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Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond

John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen · 380 pages

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Once Upon a Dream

Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, Marianne Willman · 382 pages

The four ladies who brought us Once upon a Castle and Once upon a Star are at it again with this latest anthology, Once upon a Dream. These stories revolve around the magic and dreams that draw our heroes and heroines together.

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Glamour: Contemporary Fairytale Retellings

A.L. Jackson, Sophie Jordan, Aleatha Romig, Skye Warren, Lili St. Germain, Nora Flite, Sierra Simone, Nicola Rendell · 480 pages

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The Golden Book of Fairy Tales

Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Comtesse de Segur · 160 pages

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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Ellen Oh · 336 pages

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Italian Folktales

Italo Calvino · 763 pages

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Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

Hamilton Wright Mabie · 266 pages

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Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

Renee Ahdieh, Soman Chainani, Susan Dennard, Sarah Enni, Marissa Meyer, Cindy Pon, Victoria Schwab, Samantha Shannon, Adam Silvera, Andrew Smith, April Genevieve Tucholke, Nicola Yoon, Sasha Alsberg, Whitney Atkinson, Tina Burke, Catriona Feeney, Jesse George, Zoe Herdt, Samantha Lane, Sophia Lee, R · 353 pages

**LEAVE IT TO THE HEROES TO SAVE THE WORLD--VILLAINS JUST WANT TO *RULE* THE WORLD.** In this unique anthology, thirteen acclaimed, bestselling authors team up with thirteen influential booktubers to reimagine the origin stories of the villains we love to hate--infamous foes from fairy tales, mythology, and brand-new worlds. Based on comic book-inspired enemies in pop culture and classics su

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Once Upon A Star

Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan · 355 pages

Ever After by Nora Roberts Beautiful but scatterbrained Allena Kennedy is in Ireland, attempting to redeem herself in the eyes of her overachieving family by working for her sister’s tour-group enterprise. Unfortunately, just as she’s finally getting the hang of being “responsible,” she gets sidetracked by a curio store owner who sells her a beautiful star-shaped pendant. Through a series of sl

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The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales

Franz Xaver von Schonwerth · 264 pages

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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Neil Gaiman · 352 pages

"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños, en el que una anciana puede comprar el Santo Grial en una tienda de segunda mano, unos asesinos se anuncian en los clasificados de un periódico bajo la rúbrica ±C

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