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21) Tucker Pfeffercorn: an old story retold

Author

Moser, Barry

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

[1994]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the classic Rumpelstiltskin tale with a Southern setting.

22) Sleeping Bobby

Author

Osborne, Will

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2005]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the Grimm tale featuring a handsome prince who is put into a deep sleep by a curse until he is awakened by the kiss of a brave princess.

23) The twelve dancing princesses

Author

Cech, John

Series

Classic fairy tale collection

Publisher

Sterling

Pub. Date

[2009]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the traditional tale of how the king's twelve daughters wear out their shoes every night while supposedly sleeping in their locked bedroom.

24) The elves and the shoemaker

Author

LaMarche, Jim

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

25) Rumpelstiltskin

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

[1985]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Language

English

Description

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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

26) The girl who spun gold

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

The Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm

Language

English

Description

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In this African American retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin, " Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.

27) The elves and the shoemaker

Author

Grimm, Jacob

Publisher

Barefoot Books

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

21 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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A pair of industrious elves bring prosperity to a kindly shoemaker and his wife.

28) The twelve dancing princesses

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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A retelling, set in Africa, of the story of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

29) The golden goose

Author

McDermott, Dennis

Publisher

Morrow Junior Books

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Simpleton's generosity helps him gain a princess for his bride.

30) Hansel and Gretel

Author

Gross, Ruth Belov

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[1988]

Physical Desc

46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

Description

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A poor woodcutter's two children, lost in the woods, come upon a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch.

31) The turnip

Author

De la Mare, Walter

Publisher

D.R. Godine

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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A kind but poor farmer gains a fortune and his rich brother's envy when he grows an enormous turnip.

32) Little Red Riding Hood

Author

Evetts-Secker, Josephine

Publisher

Barefoot Books

Pub. Date

[2004]

Physical Desc

29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.

33) Hansel and Gretel

Author

Montresor, Beni

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2001.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

34) Seven at one blow: a tale from the Brothers Grimm

Author

Kimmel, Eric A

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[1998]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Relates how a tailor who kills seven flies at one blow manages to become king.

35) Snow White and the seven dwarfs

Author

Aiken, Joan

Publisher

DK Pub

Pub. Date

2002.

Edition

First American edition.

Physical Desc

44 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Language

English

Description

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Retells the story of a princess who escapes her wicked stepmother by hiding out in the home of seven hospitable dwarfs.

36) The 7 ravens

Publisher

Picture Book Studio USA

Pub. Date

[1981]

Physical Desc

24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 24 cm

Language

English

37) The shoemaker and the elves

Author

Grimm, Jacob

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

[1960]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

38) The rabbit's bride

Author

Meade, Holly

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish

Pub. Date

2001.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the traditional tale in which a rabbit attempts to marry a young girl.

39) The sleeping beauty

Author

Hutton, Warwick

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

1979.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for 100 years.

40) Cinderella

Author

Hogrogian, Nonny

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

[1981]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

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21) Tucker Pfeffercorn: an old story retold

22) Sleeping Bobby

23) The twelve dancing princesses

24) The elves and the shoemaker

25) Rumpelstiltskin

26) The girl who spun gold

27) The elves and the shoemaker

28) The twelve dancing princesses

29) The golden goose

30) Hansel and Gretel

31) The turnip

32) Little Red Riding Hood

33) Hansel and Gretel

34) Seven at one blow: a tale from the Brothers Grimm

35) Snow White and the seven dwarfs

36) The 7 ravens

37) The shoemaker and the elves

38) The rabbit's bride

39) The sleeping beauty

40) Cinderella

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