Fractured Fairy Tales

Traditional Fairy Tales with a Twist

Allchin, Rosalind 
THE FROG PRINCESS
A frog attempts to switch roles with a princess but decides it's not any fun. 
Picture Allchin

Ernst, Lisa Campbell 
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: A NEWFANGLED PRAIRIE TALE 
Little Red Riding Hood rides a bike and the wolf is not very smart.
Picture Ernst

Hopkins, Jackie 
THE HORNED TOAD PRINCE 
A cowgirl loses her sombrero and is helped by a horned toad in exchange for three favors.
Picture Hopkins

Hopkins, Jackie
THREE ARMADILLIES TUFF
Three armadillo sisters meet a stranger in a culvert on their way to a dance.
Picture Hopkins

Huling, Jan 
PUSS IN COWBOY BOOTS 
A clever cat in red boots wins his master a fortune.
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Jackson, Ellen
CINDER EDNA 
Two women, with circumstances similar to Cinderella, get the prince of their dreams.
Picture Jackson

Kimmel, Eric 
THE RUNAWAY TORTILLA 
A southwestern version of The Gingerbread.
Picture Kimmel

Lasky, Kathryn 
THE EMPEROR'S OLD CLOTHES 
A farmer finds the emperor's old clothes in this continuation of The Emperor's New Clothes. 
Picture Lasky

Lowell, Susan 
DUSTY LOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS 
A western version of Goldilocks featuring boots, beans and bears. 
J 398.2 Lowell

Roberts, Lynn
CINDRELLA: AN ART DECO LOVE STORY 
Slightly altered retelling set in the 1930's. 
J 398.2 Roberts

Scieszka, Jon 
THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES
A collection of outrageous tales.
Picture Scieszka

Scieszka, Jon 
THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
The Three Little Pigs from the wolves point of view.
Picture Scieszka

Steer, Dugald 
JUST ONE MORE STORY 
The Ugly Pigling is just one funny story Mother Pig reads to her little pigs at bedtime. 
Picture Steer

Trivizas, Eugenios 
THE THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG
The story of three cuddly wolves, a brick house and a pig with a sledgehammer.
Picture Trivizas

Vaes, Alain
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA 
This princess wears overalls and drives a tow truck.
Picture Vaes