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Fairy Tales

Check out these classic and reimagined fairy tales from our featured collection.

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  • The haunting tale of two brave children lost in a dark and dangerous forest is reimagined by literary legends Stephen King and Maurice Sendak in an all-new picture book.
    Picture Book, 2025New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025. — JP King
  • Dad tells Bluey and Bingo a story set in a wild place call the eighties. When Dad was little, he was jinxed by his older brother, Rad, after he was being mean to his younger brother, Stripe. Will Dad break his curse, or will he never speak again?
    Picture Book, 2025New York, NY : Penguin Young Readers Licenses, 2025. — JP Brumm
  • Once there was a wicked wolf who was so greedy that every day he would eat enough food for TEN birthday parties and still be hungry for more. One day he was on the prowl for dinner when he spotted seven juicy little goats left at home... alone.…
    Picture Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2025, c2024. — JP Knapm
  • Millie loves her quiet life on the farm, but Mina longs for adventure. When the Goblin Market comes to town, Millie knows it's a bad idea. They've been told stories their whole lives about the dangers of the Goblin Market. But Mina just can't…
    Picture Book, 2024Toronto : Tundra Books, 2024. — JP VanSi
  • When a young squire-in-training called Wart meets a hermit wizard named Merlin and his owl Archimedes, he has no idea of his amazing destiny.
    Picture Book, 2021San Diego, CA : Studio Fun International, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group, 2021. — JP Sword
  • This modern retelling of a traditional Dena'ina story is about Chia, a young boy with a hard life, and his encounter with the legendary Fox Man, who just may be able to help.
    Picture Book, 2020[Berkeley, California] : Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of West Margin Press, 2020. — JP Atwat
  • When Farmer Earl consults the local wise woman about his over-crowded house, her advice to bring all his ducks, then horses, then goats into the tiny house is puzzling, but effective.
    Picture Book, 2020Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2020. — JP Rosto
  • A fully illustrated collection of classic fairy tales, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and more traditional tales from around world.
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2018. — JP David
  • The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.
    Picture Book, 2011New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, c2001. — JP Galdo
  • Princess Cassandra has everything she wants except a pet to play with that would match her favorite green dress, but each time someone brings her a frog and she kisses him goodnight, he turns into a prince.
    Picture Book, 2016New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. — JP Bartl
  • Wolf wants to fight his natural instincts, be good, and make a friend and with the help of a delicious-looking little girl, he may get his chance.
    Picture Book, 2017Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2017. — JP Moore
  • In this wonderfully illustrated collection, meet the vain peacock and the wise crane, discover what happens to the boy who cried wolf one too many times, and find out what the bear whispered to the traveller.
    Book, 2019Pan Macmillan 2019
  • Once upon a time in a Viking village, everything seems to be going wrong. Chickens are disappearing, trees are falling down, and there's lots and lots of crashing and bashing. The silly Chieftain won't listen to the three littlest Vikings, but can…
    Picture Book, 2021London : Two Hoots, 2021. — JP Wooll
  • A re-telling of the classic tale.
    Picture Book, 2022New York : Orchard Books, 2022. — JP Barne
  • The Tossy-turny Princess and the Pesky Pea

    a Fairy Tale to Help You Fall Asleep

    Verde, Susan
    After a pea accidentally gets between her mattresses, a busy princess has trouble falling asleep but with help from the gardener, cook, librarian, and astronomer she learns to relax her mind and body.
    Picture Book, 2021New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021. — JP Verde
  • In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family.
    Picture Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — JP Littl
  • Cinders

    a Chicken Cinderella

    Brett, Jan, 1949-
    Cinders, the most picked upon hen in the flock, becomes the most loved by Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her bossy sisters do not recognize her.
    Picture Book, 2013New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013. — JP Brett