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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe 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.
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 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.
The Jolly Postman, or Other People's Letters
Allan Ahlberg · 34 pages
A Jolly Postman delivers letters to several famous fairy-tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella, and the Three Bears. Each letter may be removed from its envelope page and read separately.
Heckedy Peg
Audrey Wood, Don Wood · 32 pages
A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.
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.
Stick Man
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler · 32 pages
Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put on a fire, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury, Eugenios Tribizas · 32 pages
A beautiful pop-up edition of the bestselling, award-winning picture book, it is complete with blown-down houses, blown-up explosions, and a fabulous dancing pig.
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.
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Tomie dePaola · 32 pages
Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.
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.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 32 pages
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.
The Rough-Face Girl
Rafe Martin, David Shannon · 32 pages
In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.
Walt Disney's Cinderella
Mary Blair · 64 pages
With the help of her fairy godmother, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince of her dreams.
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.
Little Red Riding Hood
Candice Ransom, Charles Perrault · 32 pages
Between the pages of this delightfully illustrated book is the classic story of magic, imagination, and inspiration that will delight children again and again. This tale will capture children's interest and spark their imagination page after page, inspiring a life-long love of literature and reading.
The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas
Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter
The Gingerbread Girl
Lisa Campbell Ernst · 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.
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.