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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Berenstain Bears' Nursery Tales
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 32 pages
Little Red Riding Hood
Paul Galdone, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 40 pages
A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother's clothing.
Hansel and Gretel
Rika Lesser, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Arthur Ransome · 48 pages
When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
Thumbelina
Hans Christian Andersen · 32 pages
Thumbelina is one of the most charming and childlike tales of the great Danish story-teller, Hans Christian Andersen. It is presented in a brief retelling, with pictures by Gustaf Tenggren, the Swedish-American artist whose pictures are loved by children everywhere.
Rapunzel
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
The Nutcracker
Susan Jeffers · 40 pages
This book is an abridged version of the story of Marie Stahlbaum, who helps break the spell on her toy nutcracker and watches him change into a handsome prince. An abridged version of the story of Marie Stahlbaum, who helps break the spell on her toy nutcracker and watches him change into a handsome prince.
Cinderella
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Aleksey Ivanov, Olga Ivanov
The Sleeping Beauty
C.S. Evans
Through simple text and silhouette illustrations, relates the classic tale of the consequences when, disgruntled at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for a hundred years.
Puss in Boots
Charles Perrault
A cunning cat wins for his master a castle and the hand of a princess.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka · 54 pages
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is the ultimate in fractured fairy tales. Not only do the characters create their own stories, they also design the structure of the book itself. Classic fairy tales are deconstructed and rewritten with different but recognizable names, such as The Princess and the Bowling Ball, The Really Ugly Duckling, The Tortoise and the Hair and Chicken Lick
Duffy and the Devil
Harve Zemach, Margot Zemach · 40 pages
The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs
Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Jacob Grimm · 32 pages
Dear Mili
Wilhelm Grimm · 40 pages
In order to save her daughter from a terrible war, the mother sends her into the forest telling her to return in three days. She meets St. Joseph who cares for her for three days, which in reality is thirty years.
The Gingerbread Girl
Lisa Campbell Ernst · 32 pages
Sam and the Tigers: A Retelling of 'Little Black Sambo'
Julius Lester · 40 pages
Follows the adventures of a little boy named Sam when he matches wits with several tigers that want to eat him.
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.
Saint George and the Dragon
Margaret Hodges · 32 pages
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
Sleeping Beauty
Walt Disney Company · 32 pages
###German-language description: Vor langer, langer Zeit lebte in einem großen Schloss der gütige König Stefan mit seiner Frau, der Königin. Nach vielen Jahren des Wartens wurde ihnen endlich eine Tochter geboren, die sie Aurora nannten. Und da die Freude übergroß war, beschloss man ein Fest zu feiern, zu dem alle eingeladen waren. Alle bis auf eine, die böse Fee Malefiz. In ihrem Zorn belegte sie
Very Little Red Riding Hood
Teresa Heapy · 32 pages
Very Little Red Riding Hood's off to her Grandmama's for a sleepover, and she won't let anything stand in her way--not even a wolf. Little Red Riding Hood is a precocious toddler who fearlessly hugs the Big Bad Wolf, turning him into a confused ally during an exhausting afternoon of tea parties, dancing, and games of hide-and-seek at Grandma's house. This book is the story of Very Little Red Rid
An Undone Fairy Tale
Ian Lendler
W-A-C-K-Y, and that's good I think. You, as an adult, might hold some reservations, but read it to to a kid, or better yet a group, and all reservations will disappear. Children between 5 and 9 will bust a gut at the goofy humour that is ever present in them and often evades us. A fairy tale boys will appreciate FULLY, as well as the girls!