What are your favorite fairy tales? Do you prefer the Brothers Grimm or Disney? Do your kids know that their favorite stories didn't always have that Happily Ever After ending?
Most of us grew up hearing about Jack's trouble with the bean stock, Cinderella's domestic troubles and Hansel and Gretel's truancy issues. Today's book shelves are home to various tellings of these favorites tales and include some versions that horrify and others that are overly sweet. The last decade has seen more and more updated retellings make their way into school libraries, bringing fresh eyes, interest and entertainment to the genre.
My personal favorites are the fractured fairy tales. What is a fractured fairy tale? It is an old familiar fairy tale that has been modified to include an unexpected characterization, setting, plot development or point of view. One of the most well known is Robert Munsch's Paper Bag Princess. Here are some others that are worth a look:
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella by Tony Johnston
Cinder Edna by Ellen B. Jackson
Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole
Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle (goldilocks)
Goldilock & Three Hares by Heidi Petach
The Silly Story of Goldie Locks & the Three Squares by
Grace Maccarone
Somebody & the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst
Jack & the Giant: A Story Full of Beans by Jim Harris
Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne
Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
The Three Little Wolves ; the Big Bad Pig by Eugene
Trivizas
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf by Jon
Scieszka
The Three Horrid Little Pigs by Liz Pichon
The
Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
Sleeping
Ugly by Jane Yolen
Sleeping
Bobby by Will and Mary Pope Osbourne
The
Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton
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