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The Firebird
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Demi |
With the aid of his magical horse, Ptitsa, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vassilissa. |
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The flight of Bembel Rudzuk
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Russell Hoban |
The squidgerino squelcher, created by Bembel Rudzuk, the wizard, annoys the princess. |
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Guleesh and the King of France's daughter
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Neil Philip |
A simple peasant boy marries a beautiful princess after rescuing her from a cruel fate at the hands of wicked fairies. |
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Spindle's End
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Robin McKinley |
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, … |
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The buried moon
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Joseph Jacobs,Susan Jeffers |
The Moon is held prisoner in the bog by the Evil Ones until the townspeople miss her light and go to search for her. |
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Jack and the beanstalk
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Joseph Jacobs |
Joseph Jacobs' version of the tale in which a boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he must use his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune. |
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More Rootabaga stories
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Carl Sandburg |
A selection of tales from Rootabaga Country peopled with such characters as the Huckabuck Family, Big Buff Banty Hen, Dippy the Wisp, and many others. |
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The Enchanted Tapestry
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Robert D. San Souci |
With the aid of a sorceress, young Li Ju seeks his mother's precious handmade tapestry held by the fairies of Sun Mountain. |
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The silver curlew
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Eleanor Farjeon |
A lazy girl becomes the king's bride by implying that she had woven twelve skeins of cloth when actually she had eaten twelve dumplings. Incorporates the story of Tom Tit Tot. |
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Alone in the Wild Forest
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Isaac Bashevis Singer |
A young orphan's life is changed when the angel he meets in the forest gives him an amulet that will fulfill every wish. |
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Beauty and the Beast
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Jan Brett |
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast. |
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Famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia
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Dino Buzzati |
In search of food, Leander, King of the Bears, leads his subjects from their safe caves in the mountains of Sicily to the valley where they triumph over many enemies. |
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Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
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Gail Carson Levine,David Christiana |
Prilla, the unusual new fairy in Neverland, finds her mettle, Mother Dove's wisdom, and Tinker Bell's courage tested by many trials, including a hurricane, a selfish fairy, and Captain Hook. |
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Up a tall tree
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Anne F. Rockwell |
A woodcutter's son explores the nearby forest where he makes a discovery that changes his life. |
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Cenicienta
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Patricia McKissack |
An easy-to-read retelling of Cinderella's trip to a ball at the palace. |
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The king's new clothes
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Patricia McKissack |
An easy-to-read retelling of the vain king's experience with two deceitful tailors. |
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A House of Pomegranates
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Oscar Wilde |
**A House of Pomegranates** is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that… |
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The gift of the Crocodile
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Judy Sierra |
In this Indonesian version of the Cinderella story, a girl named Damura escapes her cruel stepmother and stepsister and marries a handsome prince with the help of Grandmother Crocodile. |
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Beautiful boys
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Francesca Lia Block |
Two darkly magical Weetzie Bat stories about the search for self from Francesca Lia Block: Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop. |
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Cinderella
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John Fowles |
In her haste to flee the place before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. |
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