Best Fairy Tales Books of All Time

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1. Hansel and Gretel

by: Deanna McFaddenStephanie GraeginWilhelm GrimmJacob Grimm
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
Number of Pages: 40
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Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them.

3. Little Red Riding Hood

by: Candice F. Ransom
Release date: Jan 01, 2002
Number of Pages: 32
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A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.

4. Grimms’ Fairy Tales

by: Wilhelm GrimmJacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Release date: May 31, 2015
Number of Pages: 126
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Kinder- und Hausmarchen is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The tales have formed the basis for children’s tales in the Western world ever since. This volume presents several of the most popular tales, including Cinderella and Snow White, in the original German side by side with classic English translations.”

5. The Little Mermaid

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Jul 01, 2016
Number of Pages: 64
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The Little Mermaid is one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved fairytales. This new edition lets the reader delight in Peter Madsen’s fabulous illustrations, which compliment the beautiful tale of the mermaid and her unrequited love.

6. Jack and the Beanstalk

by: Ed McBain
Release date: Oct 23, 2012
Number of Pages: 274
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Young Jack McKinney decided he was going to turn a bankrupt snapbean farm into a paying operation, and he hired Matthew Hope to push the land deal through. Four days later, Jack was dead–and there was no trace of the $36,000 Jack had promised to deliver for the farm. Soon Hope is drawn deeper into the murderous plot.

7. The Ugly Duckling

by: Hans Christian AndersenKaren LettsCat Ello
Release date: Jul 01, 1995
Number of Pages: 30
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Today’s youngsters will be equally moved by the hapless ugly duckling, who, ridiculed and rejected by all, suffers terrible hardships. And they will celebrate along with him when he finally emerges triumphant as the most beautiful swan of all!Bernadette Watts’s detailed illustrations chronicle the bittersweet story with charm and poignancy. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

8. The Princess and the Pea

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Nov 03, 2020
Number of Pages: 18
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Bedtime Classics: charmingly illustrated board book editions of perennial favorites, simplified for the youngest readers! Bedtime Classics introduce classic works of fiction to little literary scholars through character-driven narratives and colorful illustrations. Designed to be the perfect one-minute bedtime story (or five minutes–if you’re begged to read it over and over), parents can feel good about exposing their children to some of the most iconic pieces of literature while building their child’s bookshelf with these trendy editions! A King and Queen invite all the princesses in the land to their palace to find a proper suitor for their son, the prince. But when an unconventional princess stumbles through the castle gates, she’s put to the ultimate test. By setting a pea under a large stack of mattresses, the royal family will discover if the girl is “princess material” once and for all.

9. One Thousand and One Nights

by: Ḥanān Shaykh
Release date: Jan 01, 2013
Number of Pages: 288
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The Arab world’s greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh.

10. The Twelve Dancing Princesses

by: Ruth Sanderson
Release date: Jan 31, 2013
Number of Pages: 32
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Retells the tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

11. The Snow Queen

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Aug 31, 2021
Number of Pages: 29
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“The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

12. Cinder

by: Marissa Meyer
Release date: Jan 03, 2012
Number of Pages: 400
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The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading men Which of your characters is most like you? I wish I could say that I’m clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no—I can’t fix anything. I’m much more like Cress, who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book. She’s a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve side—things that could be said about me too—although she does find courage when it’s needed most. I think we’d all like to believe we’d have that same inner strength if we ever needed it. Where do you write? I have a home office that I’ve decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I’ve collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work. On those days I’ll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch. If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder would you want with you? Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain, complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar to e-mails). We’d just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were rescued. The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet, and is about Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this character as you work on the book? Scarlet is awesome—she’s very independent, a bit temperamental, and has an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and appreciation for nature. I guess that’s a lot of things that appeal to me about her, but she’s been a really fun character to write! (The two leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren’t half bad either.)

13. The Emperor’s New Clothes

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Jun 26, 2020
Number of Pages: 6
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There was once an emperor who was only interested in one thing, his clothes. He spent all his money on his outfits and had a different one for every time of day and every occasion. One day, two thieves arrived in town pretending to be weavers who knew how to make the most beautiful and sophisticated fabrics, which had the marvellous property of only being visible to those who did their job well.. It was the perfect offer for our king, who immediately placed an order. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Nightingale”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Snow Queen”, “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Little Match Girl”. His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen’s whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films “The Little Mermaid” in 1989 and “Frozen”, which is loosely based on “The Snow Queen”, in 2013. Thanks to Andersen’s contribution to children’s literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children’s Book Day.

14. Bluebeard

by: Kurt Vonnegut
Release date: Oct 14, 2009
Number of Pages: 336
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“Ranks with Vonnegut’s best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction.”—The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story—and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man’s careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves. Praise for Bluebeard “Vonnegut is at his edifying best.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents—satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions.”—The Cincinnati Post “[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric.”—San Francisco Chronicle “It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut. . . . Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty.”—USA Today “Is Bluebeard good? Yes! . . . This is vintage Vonnegut—good wine from his best grapes.”—The Detroit News “A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives.”—Kansas City Star

15. Best Fairy Tales

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Oct 06, 2016
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Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy tales – with an anarchic twist – but many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination. The thirty stories here range from exuberant early works such as ‘The Tinderbox’ and ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ through poignant masterpieces such as ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘The Little Match Girl’ and ‘The Ugly Duckling’, to more subversive later tales such as ‘The Ice Maiden’ and ‘The Dryad’. Uniquely inventive and vivacious in style and with deep insight into children’s points of view, Andersen established a new genre in literature. This beautiful Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s Best Fairy Tales is the classic translation by Jean Hersholt and is illustrated by various artists, with an afterword by Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.

16. Rumpelstiltskin

by: Paul Galdone
Release date: Sep 24, 2013
Number of Pages: 40
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The classic Grimm tale of the strange little man who helps the miller’s daughter spin straw into gold.

17. The Bloody Chamber, and Other Stories

by: Angela Carter
Release date: Jan 01, 1993
Number of Pages: 125
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A reissue of a collection of short stories first published ten years ago.

18. Thumbelina

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Jan 01, 2004
Number of Pages: 40
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Detailed watercolor illustrations bring the story of Thumbelina to life in a new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale about a tiny but plucky heroine.

19. The Frog Prince

by: Brothers Grimm
Release date: Jun 01, 2014
Number of Pages: 35
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The book includes famous fairy tale The Frog Prince by Grimm Brothers fully illustrated all-color (11 color illustrations) by Maria Tsaneva and adapted in corresponding English-German paragraphs. The book is an excellent way to read Paragraph by Paragraph Translation along your kids. Your little one can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding German paragraph. The paragraphs are not long, so there is no need to do a lot of back and forth to see the German translation and the English text. The text is relatively simple vocabulary and grammar wise, but not very simple at all, so for beginners this should be a great challenge.

20. The Goose Girl

by: Shannon Hale
Release date: May 03, 2010
Number of Pages: 400
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‘Hale’s writing is beautiful, with a vivid eye for detail’ Daily Telegraph Anidora-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kilindree, spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s incredible stories, and learning the language of the birds. Little knowing how valuable her aunt’s strange knowledge would prove to be when she grew older. From the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become a queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original and magical tale of a girl who must understand her own incredible talents before she can overcome those who wish her harm. Shannon Hale has drawn on her incredible gift for storytelling to create a powerful and magical grown-up fairytale.

22. The Little Match Girl

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Jan 26, 2015
Number of Pages: 26
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Thirty of Hans Christian Andersen’s most cherished stories in single volumes Illustrator various artists. Known all over the world, these fairytales hold stories of great value and are a source of inspiration for both young and old.

23. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

by: Lewis Carroll
Release date: Feb 05, 2015
Number of Pages: 208
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Lewis Carroll’s Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved, most iconic literary creations of all time.Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. Every bit as iconic are Sir John Tenniel’s remarkable black line illustrations, perfectly capturing the combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary at the heart of Wonderland.This beautiful, celebratory, edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has a gorgeous cover with shiny red foil, and is packed full of fun bonus material, including a quiz, wordsearch and a glossary. Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s book is brought to life like never before!

24. Celtic Tales

by: Kate Forrester
Release date: Aug 30, 2016
Number of Pages: 176
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It’s an absorbing introduction to the lore of Albion, but readers will also enjoy teasing out similarities between these tales and more familiar ones.” — Publishers Weekly Perilous quests, true love, and animals that talk: The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore. • This Celtic mythology book features 16 stores that were translated and transcribed by folklorists in the late 19th and 20th centuries that focus on themes such as Tricksters, The Sea, Quests, and Romance and mythological creatures. • These timeless tales brim with wit and magic, and each one is brought to life with elegant silhouette art in this special illustrated edition • Celtic Tales is an extraordinary collection that conjures forgotten realms and rare magical creatures in vivid prose Discover the impactful and stunning illustrations by Kate Forrester in this special edition that is sure to impress any true fan of cultural and mythological literature. Discover delightfully entertaining tales such as Master and Man, The Soul Cages, The Red-Etin, and The Witch of Lok Island. Celtic Tales makes an impressive gift for any fan of greek mythology, roman mythology, Chinese mythology, and folklore and cultural studies from around the globe.

25. The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm #1)

by: Michael Buckley
Release date: May 02, 2017
Number of Pages: 288
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Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with new cover art. As featured on NBC’s The Today Show, the nine wildly popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales—a spin taken up by hit movies and shows TV such as Once Upon a Time, Grimm, and Maleficent, the bestselling book series The Land of Stories, and other. New covers will appear on book one, The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives; book two, The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects; and book three, The Sisters Grimm: The Problem Child. Books four through nine will be available in revised editions soon. ? In this first book in the series, orphaned sisters Sabrina and Daphne are sent to live with their recently discovered grandmother, Relda Grimm. The girls learn that they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, whose famous tome of fairy tales is actually a history book. The girls are pitted against a giant, who has been rampaging through town. But who set the giant loose in the first place? Was it Mayor Charming (formerly Prince Charming), who has plans to get his kingdom back? The Three Not-So-Little Pigs, now working as police officers? Or a giant-killer named Jack, currently working at a Big & Tall store? With an irresistible combination of adventure and imagination, the Sisters Grimm series injects classic fairy tales with modern day sensibilities and suspense, creating a fantastical combination readers of all ages will love. “Kids will love Sabrina and Daphne’s adventures as much as I did.” —Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I Know What You Did Last Summer “Adventure, laughs, and surprises kept me eagerly turning the pages.” —R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series “Why didn’t I think of The Sisters Grimm? What a great concept!” —Jane Yolen, award-winning author “Terrific, head-spinning series . . . Rich in well-set-up surprises and imaginatively tweaked characters, this tongue-in-cheek frolic features both a pair of memorable young sleuths and a madcap plot with plenty of leads into future episodes.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Enormously entertaining, the book takes the fractured fairy-tale genre to new heights.” —Time Out New York Kids “An idea that will make other children’s book writers, and tons of aspiring ones, kick themselves for not thinking of it first.” —The San Antonio Express-News “A page-turner that incorporates humor, tension, suspense and a wild cast of characters, readers will have trouble putting this novel down.” —The Dallas Morning News “Quirky and reasonable characters, engaging writing, fresh fairy tale references, and a very real fantasy setting.” —The Raleigh News and Observer, “Most Promising New Series” “The twists and turns of the plot, the clever humor, and the behind-the-scenes glimpses of Everafters we think we know, will appeal to many readers.” —Kliatt, starred review

26. The Wild Swans

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Mar 21, 2017
Number of Pages: 64
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A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships alone in order to save her beloved brothers from the spell. This edition also contains a new translation of Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved story The Nightingale, a story about a Chinese emperor who prefers the song of a mechanical nightingale to that of the real bird. When he falls ill, it is the nightingale who saves him. The story has been adapted for stage, opera, muscial theatre and television many times.

27. Beauty and the Beast

by: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Release date: Mar 16, 2020
Number of Pages: 110
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“Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

28. The Bear and the Nightingale

by: Katherine Arden
Release date: Jan 10, 2017
Number of Pages: 336
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Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. “A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.”—Naomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil. Then Vasya’s widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Fiercely devout, Vasya’s stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village. But Vasya’s stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. As the village’s defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed—to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse’s most frightening tales. Praise for The Bear and the Nightingale “Arden’s debut novel has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical.”—The Washington Post “Vasya [is] a clever, stalwart girl determined to forge her own path in a time when women had few choices.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Stunning . . . will enchant readers from the first page. . . . with an irresistible heroine who wants only to be free of the bonds placed on her gender and claim her own fate.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Utterly bewitching . . . a lush narrative . . . an immersive, earthy story of folk magic, faith, and hubris, peopled with vivid, dynamic characters, particularly clever, brave Vasya, who outsmarts men and demons alike to save her family.”—Booklist (starred review) “An extraordinary retelling of a very old tale . . . The Bear and the Nightingale is a wonderfully layered novel of family and the harsh wonders of deep winter magic.”—Robin Hobb

29. The Elves and the Shoemaker

by: Jim LaMarcheWilhelm GrimmJacob Grimm
Release date: Jul 01, 2003
Number of Pages: 32
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A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

30. Uprooted

by: Naomi Novik
Release date: Jan 01, 2016
Number of Pages: 456
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WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL – Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale. HUGO AWARD FINALIST – NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR – BuzzFeed – Tordotcom – BookPage – Library Journal – Publishers Weekly “Uprooted is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching.”–Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked and Egg & Spoon “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.” Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows–everyone knows–that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her. But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose. Praise for Uprooted “Uprooted has leapt forward to claim the title of Best Book I’ve Read Yet This Year. . . . Moving, heartbreaking, and thoroughly satisfying, Uprooted is the fantasy novel I feel I’ve been waiting a lifetime for. Clear your schedule before picking it up, because you won’t want to put it down.”–NPR

31. Legends in Exile

by: Bill WillinghamLan MedinaSteve LeialohaCraig Hamilton
Release date: Jan 01, 2012
Number of Pages: 144
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When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the “mundys,” their name for normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society that they call Fabletown. From their exclusive luxury apartment buildings on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, these creatures of legend must fight for their survival in the new world.

32. The Wrath and the Dawn

by: Renée Ahdieh
Release date: Apr 06, 2017
Number of Pages: 416
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#1 New York Times Bestseller. A sumptuous, epic love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights. Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a terrible surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi’s wit and will get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she may be falling in love with a murderer. Shazi discovers that the villainous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. It’s up to her to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all. “So you would have me throw Shazi to the wolves?” “Shazi? Honestly, I pity the wolves.”

33. The Book of Lost Things

by: John Connolly
Release date: Nov 07, 2006
Number of Pages: 352
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New York Times bestselling author John Connolly’s unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories. High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a land that is a strange reflection of his own world, populated by heroes and monsters, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book… The Book of Lost Things. An imaginative tribute to the journey we must all make through the loss of innocence into adulthood, John Connolly’s latest novel is a book for every adult who can recall the moment when childhood began to fade, and for every adult about to face that moment. The Book of Lost Things is a story of hope for all who have lost, and for all who have yet to lose. It is an exhilarating tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.

34. Peter and Wendy

by: J. M. Barrie
Release date: Dec 08, 2018
Number of Pages: 164
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J.M. Barrie first released Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up in the form of a play in 1904. He followed it up with the release in 1911 of the novel Peter and Wendy which recounts the same story.

35. Goldilocks and the Three Bears

by: James Marshall
Release date: Jan 01, 2013
Number of Pages: 32
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This is Goldilocks as you’ve never seen her before She is very definitely NOT sweet and innocent – oh no. She is one of those naughty, haughty little girls who do exactly as they please, when they please. On her way to buy some muffins, Goldilocks ignores her mother’s instructions and takes a shortcut through the forest. There, she discovers the three bears’ house and saunters right in without even bothering to knock When the three brown bears return from their very pleasant bike ride, they can’t believe the scenes of destruction that lie before them.

36. English Fairy Tales (Esprios Classics)

by: Joseph Jacobs
Release date: Mar 27, 2021
Number of Pages: 186
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Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Jacobs was born in Sydney to a Jewish family. His work went on to popularize some of the world’s best known versions of English fairy tales including “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Goldilocks and the three bears”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “Jack the Giant Killer” and “The History of Tom Thumb”. He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairy Tales in 1893 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian fairytales.

37. The Little Red Hen

by: Byron Barton
Release date: May 30, 1993
Number of Pages: 32
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A fresh retelling by Byron Barton of the well-loved story of the little red hen who grows grain, threshes wheat, and feeds her chicks–all by herself, without any help from her lazy friends. Mr. Barton’s simple words, bold images, and imaginative use of color have made his many picture book perennial favorites with young children.

38. Six Swans

by: Jacob GrimmWilhelm Grimm
Release date: Jan 01, 2006
Number of Pages: 32
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A king’s daughter undertakes a difficult task to rescue her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother.

39. The Unusual Suspect

by: Ben Machell
Release date: Jan 19, 2021
Number of Pages: 288
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Machell tells the remarkable true story of a modern-day Robin Hood: a British college student who started robbing banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007.

40. Ash

by: Shani PetroffDarci Manley
Release date: Mar 16, 2015
Number of Pages: 368
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Destiny is pre-determined. It is strictly monitored. It is unchangeable. Or is it? Madden’s life is a whirlwind of privilege and perks. Born into the elite Purple ring, she is fated to be a Minister of the Seven. Although her position comes with the burden of great responsibility, she’s nothing if not confident in her future. After all, Destiny Specialists have determined how she will fulfill her life’s purpose, and they are never wrong. Her classmate Dax, an Ash, is clinging to the opposite end of the spectrum. While everyone around her knows what destiny awaits them, Dax’s fate is…missing. Isolated and ignored, she refuses to let her lack of status define her. After a stunning twist of fate, Dax and Madden’s paths intertwine in ways neither could have possibly imagined. The two are forced to question their own past, present and future as they realize who they are is not necessarily who they were meant to be. ASH, the first book in the Destined series, is an unforgettable journey into an alternate future which will leave readers wondering just how much we can control our own fate. Destiny is calling. Will you fight for yours?

41. The Gingerbread Man

by: Jim Aylesworth
Release date: May 31, 2016
Number of Pages: 32
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This irresistible retelling of the Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth and illustrated by Barbara McClintock is a perfect treat for cookie lovers everywhere.

42. Briar Rose

by: Jane YolenTerri Windling
Release date: Mar 15, 2002
Number of Pages: 241
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Rewrites the old German folktale, Sleeping Beauty, into a story about the ramifications of the Holocaust.

43. An Illustrated Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

by: Hans Christian Andersen
Release date: Sep 15, 2014
Number of Pages: 216
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Thumbelina — The princess and the pea — The snow queen — The brave tin soldier — The Emperor’s new suit — The little match girl — The little mermaid — The Christmas tree

44. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

by: Jon Scieszka
Release date: Jan 01, 1992
Number of Pages: 50
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Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

45. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

by: Jon Scieszka
Release date: Mar 01, 1996
Number of Pages: 32
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For those who think they know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big, Bad Wolf, here it is as they’ve never heard it before. In this highly acclaimed, laugh-out-loud collaboration between Scieszka and Smith, Alexander T. Wolf tells his side o

46. Ninja Red Riding Hood

by: Corey Rosen Schwartz
Release date: Jul 10, 2014
Number of Pages: 40
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Can a ninja-fied Little Red Riding Hood end with everyone happy? Find out in this fractured fairy tale that’s sure to be a storytime hit. Wolf just can’t catch a break! Ever since the three little pigs started teaching everyone Ninja skills, huffing and puffing just hasn’t been enough to scare up a good meal. His craving for meat sends Wolf to classes at the dojo, and soon he’s ready to try out his new moves. A little girl and her tiny granny should be easy targets—right? Not if Little Red has anything to say about it! Kiya! Kids will be sure to fight over this companion to the hits The Three Ninja Pigs and Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks!

47. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

by: Mo Willems
Release date: Jan 01, 2014
Number of Pages: 40
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A hugely entertaining and riotous re-telling of a classic fairy tale from one of the most original and funny voices in children’s books today. Have you ever heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs? Yes, you heard right – DINOSAURS. Once upon a time, there were three hungry dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur and … a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. Of course. One day, purely on a whim, they decided to tidy up their house nice and neat, make their beds up all cosy and comfortable, prepare delicious hot chocolate pudding of varying temperatures, place their chairs just so, and go … SOMEWHERE ELSE. Let’s be clear, they were definitely NOT setting up a trap for some succulent, poorly supervised little girl called Goldilocks who may wander by … ahem.

48. The Three Ninja Pigs

by: Corey Rosen Schwartz
Release date: Sep 27, 2012
Number of Pages: 40
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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, it turs out these two pigs aren’t quite ready after all. Good thing their sister has been training every day to master some serious karate moves that save the day. KIYA! Corey Rosen Schwartz serves up a fun combination of smart-aleck dialogue and tongue-in-cheek rhymes that’ll have kids howling, and rising star Dan Santat’s spunky illustrations are sure to pack a punch!

Last updated on October 16, 2021