This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 2/07
Fairy Tales | Folk Tales | Fractured Tales |
The Billy Goats Gruff (2005)Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. Features lift-up flaps.
Gingerbread Baby
(2001)A boy and his mother chase a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
(2001)Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.
The Princess and the Pea (2005)Prince Patrick wants to marry a real princess but they're not easy to find. Still, anything is possible with the help of a cousin, a witch and a pea...
The Snow Queen (2005)Retelling of the story about a boy captured by the snow queen and taken to her castle in the north and his friend's efforts to save him.
Grandmother's Stories
(2006)The midwife and the djinn (Sengalese) -- The old woman who was not afraid (Japanese) -- Grandmother's basket (Russian) -- The woman in the moon (Hawaiian) -- The beautiful crone of Córdoba (Mexican) -- Go ask the wise woman (Irish) -- Old Mother Holle (German) -- The old woman who was right (Swedish)
Joseph had a Little Overcoat
(2001)A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
The Little Red Hen
(2006)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.
The Man with Bad Manners (2005)A clever boy and other villagers devise a plan to improve the manners of one of their neighbors. Based on a folktale from Afghanistan.
The Mitten
(2000)Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
The Old Woman and the Eagle (2005)A Sufi teaching tale from Afghanistan about an old woman who insists that an eagle must really be a pigeon.
Stone Soup
(1987)Three hungry soldiers outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast.
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly (2001)Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.
The Three Little Pigs
(1970)Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same pitfalls.
Thunder Cake
(1990)Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
The Treasure
(2001)A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
The Frog Prince, Continued
(2003)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.
Peeping Beauty
(1995)Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina.