Title: Prince Cinders Author: Babette Cole Summary: A fairy grants a small, skinny prince a change in appearance and the chance to go to the Palace Disco. | |
Title: Goldie Locks has chicken pox Author: Erin Dealey Summary: When Goldie Locks comes down with chicken pox, she is teased by her brother and is unable to visit with Bo Peep, Little Red, and other friends. | |
Title: Dinorella : a prehistoric fairy tale Author: Pamela Duncan Edwards Summary: In this story, loosely based on that of Cinderella but featuring dinosaurs, the Duke falls in love with Dinorella when she rescues him from the dreaded deinonychus at the Dinosaur Dance. | |
Title: Goldilocks returns Author: Lisa Campbell Ernst Summary: Fifty years after Goldilocks first met the three bears, she returns to fix up their cottage and soothe her guilty conscience. | |
Title: Little Red Riding Hood : a newfangled prairie tale Author: Lisa Campbell Ernst Summary: An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf. | |
Title: The wolf who cried boy Author: Bob Hartman Summary: Little Wolf is tired of eating lamburgers and sloppy does, but when he tricks his parents into thinking there is a boy in the woods, they could all miss a chance for a real feast. | |
Title: Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella Author: Tony Johnston Summary: This version of the familiar story in which a mistreated step-child finds happiness with the man of her dreams is set in the old-growth forest and features Bigfoot characters. | |
Title: The cowboy and the black-eyed pea Author: Tony Johnston Summary: In this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea, the wealthy daughter of a Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors. | |
Title: The three little pigs Author: Steven Kellogg Summary: In this retelling of a well-known tale, Serafina Sow starts her own waffle-selling business in order to enable her three offspring to prepare for the future, which includes an encounter with a surly wolf. | |
Title: Bubba the cowboy prince : a fractured Texas tale Author: Helen Ketteman Summary: Loosely based on Cinderella, this story is set is Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher. | |
Title: The runaway tortilla Author: Eric A. Kimmel Summary: In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him. | |
Title: Cinderhazel Author: Deborah Nourse Lattimore Summary: An untidy witch named Hazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as much as she does. | |
Title: Cindy Ellen : a wild western Cinderella Author: Susan Lowell Summary: Cindy Ellen loses one of her diamond spurs at the square dance in this wild western retelling of the classic Cinderella story. | |
Title: Dusty Locks and the three bears Author: Susan Lowell Summary: A Western-style retelling of the traditional tale about a little girl who finds the house of bear family and makes herself at home. | |
Title: Little Red Cowboy Hat Author: Susan Lowell Summary: A Southwestern version of Little Red Riding Hood in which Little Red rides her pony Buck to Grandma's ranch with a jar of cactus jelly in the saddlebag. | |
Title: The three little javelinas Author: Susan Lowell Summary: A southwestern adaptation of The Three Little Pigs. | |
Title: Oops! Author: Colin McNaughton Summary: A confused wolf and a clumsy pig named Preston meet in a story that combines elements of Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. | |
Title: Cinderella's rat Author: Susan Meddaugh Summary: One of the rats that was turned into a coachman by Cinderella's fairy godmother tells his story. | |
Title: Goldilocks and the three hares Author: Heidi Petach Summary: Presents a contemporary takeoff on the familiar folktale. | |
Title: The frog prince continued Author: Jon Scieszka Summary: After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation. | |
Title: The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales Author: Jon Scieszka Summary: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales. | |
Title: The true story of the 3 little pigs Author: Jon Scieszka Summary: The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. Includes a letter, dated 1999, from A. Wolf, who has spent the last ten years in prison and still claims to be innocent. | |
Title: Somebody and the three Blairs Author: Marilyn Tolhurst Summary: In a reversal of the Goldilocks story, a bear explores the home of the three Blairs while they are out. | |
Title: The three little wolves and the big bad pig Author: Eugene Trivizas Summary: An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending. | |
Title: Pig, Pigger, Piggest Author: Rick Walton Summary: When three scary witches decide they want the beautiful castles that three pigs have built for themselves, there are surprising results. | |
Title: The three pigs Author: David Wiesner Summary: 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. | |
Title: Cinderella, the dog and her little glass slipper Author: Diane Goode Summary: In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, an attractive mutt wins the heart of a prince with the help of her canine grandmother. | |
Title: Kate and the beanstalk Author: Mary Pope Osborne Summary: In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune. |