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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Gingerbread Man
Jim Aylesworth · 40 pages
A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.
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.
The Three Little Pigs
Elizabeth Ross
The Lion and the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney · 40 pages
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Aladdin
Karen Kreider, Walt Disney Company
The Three Ninja Pigs
Corey Rosen Schwartz · 134 pages
Practice makes perfect in this kick-butt fractured fairy tale. Why does this wolf think he can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren't going to take it from that bully anymore! The first starts aikido lessons---he'll make mincemeat out of that wolf! His brother learns a little jujitsu--he'll chop that guy to pieces! But when the wolf actually appears, i
The Three Pigs
David Wiesner · 40 pages
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
Instructions
Neil Gaiman · 40 pages
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
The Three Bears
Paul Galdone · 32 pages
Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in the little wee bear's bed.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 32 pages
The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Philemon Sturges · 32 pages
Chicken Little
Steven Kellogg · 32 pages
Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the sky seems to be falling, are easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them into his truck.
Pinocchio
Walt Disney Company · 40 pages
Disney's version of the tale by Carlo Collodi of the puppet who is brought to life by a fairy. With the aid of his conscience, Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio tries to prove himself worthy of becoming a real boy.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Peter Christen Asbjornsen · 32 pages
Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.
Seven Blind Mice
Ed Young · 40 pages
In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.
Chanticleer and the Fox
Geoffrey Chaucer · 36 pages
One of the most delightful fables in our heritage is the story of the proud cock and the witty fox who flattered him. Chaucer told the story with vigorous rhythm and singing words; Barbara Cooney has adapted it for chidlren and illustrated it with pictures as handsome as a medieval herbal. Chanticleer was a merry rooster, "His comb was redder than fine coral and turreted like a castle wall, his
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel · 56 pages
When Dish and Spoon run away, their nursery rhyme friends Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to rescue them in time for the next evening's reading of their rhyme.
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
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.
Interrupting Chicken
David Ezra Stein · 40 pages
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
Tops & Bottoms
Janet Stevens · 40 pages
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
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.
The Magic Nesting Doll
Jacqueline K. Ogburn · 32 pages
After her grandmother dies, Katya finds herself in a kingdom where the Tsarvitch has been turned into living ice and she uses the magic nesting dolls her babushka had given her to try to break the curse.
The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark
Deborah Diesen
Mr. Fish feels nervous venturing deep in the sea to look for Ms. Clam's lost pearl until Miss Shimmer helps him conquer his fear of the dark.