What makes a fairy tale a fairy tale?
- "Once upon a time..."
- Magic
- Royalty
- Hero
- Villain
- Love
- "Happily Ever After."
What is a fractured fairy tale?
A fairy tale that is designed to make you laugh by changing a well known story in an unexpected way.
What we're reading/watching this year
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinskey
Rapunzel: a Groovy Fairytale by Lynn Roberts
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Jack and the Beanstalk by Josephine Poole
Look Out, Jack! The Giant is Back! by Tom Birdseye
The Frog Prince retold by Kathy-Jo Wargin
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Sciezka
Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall
Hansel and Diesel by David Gordon
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Janet Stevens
The Three Silly Girls Grubb by Ann Hassett
The Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellogg
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
Sleeping Beauty by Mahion F. Craft
Sleeping Bobby by Mary Pope Osborne
Snoring Beauty by Bruce Hale
Cinderella Penguin, or the Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman
Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell
Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be by Margo Lundell
Jamie O'Rourke and the Giant Potato by Tomie de Paola
Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin: An Irish Tale by Jessica Souhami
The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney
Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale by Eric A. Kimmel
The Flying Witch by Jane Yolen
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Sciezka
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinskey
Rapunzel: a Groovy Fairytale by Lynn Roberts
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Jack and the Beanstalk by Josephine Poole
Look Out, Jack! The Giant is Back! by Tom Birdseye
The Frog Prince retold by Kathy-Jo Wargin
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Sciezka
Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall
Hansel and Diesel by David Gordon
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Janet Stevens
The Three Silly Girls Grubb by Ann Hassett
The Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellogg
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
Sleeping Beauty by Mahion F. Craft
Sleeping Bobby by Mary Pope Osborne
Snoring Beauty by Bruce Hale
Cinderella Penguin, or the Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman
Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell
Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be by Margo Lundell
Jamie O'Rourke and the Giant Potato by Tomie de Paola
Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin: An Irish Tale by Jessica Souhami
The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney
Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale by Eric A. Kimmel
The Flying Witch by Jane Yolen
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Sciezka