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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorMelisande
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 Light Princess
George MacDonald · 50 pages
Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 880 pages
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle · 233 pages
*The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone…* …so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, the unicorn learns all about the joys and sorrows of life and love before meeting her destiny in the castle of a despondent monarch—and confronting
Spindle's End
Robin McKinley · 422 pages
The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless, poisoned sleep. Katriona, a young fairy, kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village, where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her, intent on revenge for a defeat
The Two Princesses of Bamarre
Gail Carson Levine · 248 pages
A kingdom beset by monsters, a disease that weakens and destroys, an epic poem and a hero of long ago, a story of danger and desperation. The Two Princesses of Bamarre couldn't be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Her deepest wish is for safety. Princess Meryl is bold and brave. Her deepest wish is to save the kingdom of Bamarre. They are sisters, and they mean the world to each o
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber · 416 pages
***How far would you go for happily ever after?*** For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kiss
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),
Sleeping Beauty: a Little Golden Book
Michael Teitelbaum, Walt Disney Company
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.
Enchanted
Alethea Kontis · 320 pages
When Sunday Woodcutter, the youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week, kisses an enchanted frog, he transforms back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland--a man Sunday's family despises.
The Red Fairy Book
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang · 330 pages
Twenty-nine fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, including The Golden Goose, The Story of Sigurd, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
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 Thirteenth Princess
Diane Zahler
Zita is not an ordinary servant girl—she's the thirteenth daughter of a king who wanted only sons. When she was born, Zita's father banished her to the servants' quarters to work in the kitchens, where she can only communicate with her royal sisters in secret. Then, after Zita's twelfth birthday, the princesses all fall mysteriously ill. The only clue is their strangely worn and tattered shoes.
The Princess and the Pea
Hans Christian Andersen · 32 pages
A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.
Sunlight and Shadow: A Retelling of The Magic Flute
Cameron Dokey · 196 pages
A new spin on "The Magic Flute" by an acclaimed author! In a time when the world was young and many things were quite commonplace that are now entirely forgotten, Sarastro, Mage of the Day, wed Pamina, the Queen of the Night. And in this way was the world complete, for light was joined to dark. For all time would they be joined together. Only the ending of the world could tear them apart. In othe
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Alexander Pushkin
In the Forests of Serre
Patricia A. McKillip · 295 pages
Twice Upon a Marigold
Jean Ferris · 304 pages
After a quiet happy year in a small town, Queen Olympia regains her memory and initiates new plots and manipulations, as the residents of Zandelphia and Beaurivage, now ruled by Christian and Marigold, feel the effects of her bad energy.
Beauty and the Beast
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont · 47 pages
With a kiss a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
C.S. Lewis · 223 pages
Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin travel back to Narnia through a painting where they board a ship named "The Dawn Treader." They find King Caspian and a mouse on the ship and they find mystical creatures and go on a mission that will decide Narnia's fate!
Bonded by Thorns
Elizabeth Helen · 348 pages
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
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh · 325 pages