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Bibliography
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FIC BUCBuckley, Michael. The sisters Grimm Book One: The Fairy Tale Detectives. New York : Amulet Books, 2005.
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
FIC COLColfer, Chris, 1990- author. The land of stories : the wishing spell. First paperback edition.
"Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about"--Provided by publisher.
FIC DICDiCamillo, Kate. Tale of Despereaux, The : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2004.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
FIC DURDurst, Sarah Beth. Ice. 1st Margaret K. McElderry Books pbk. ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010, c2009.
A modern-day retelling of "East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon" in which eighteen-year-old Cassie learns that her grandmother's fairy tale is true when a Polar Bear King comes to claim her for his bride and she must decide whether to go with him and save her long-lost mother, or continue helping her father with his research.
FIC DURDurst, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild : a novel. New York : Razorbill, 2007.
Having escaped from the Wild and the preordained fairy tale plots it imposes, Rapunzel, along with her daughter Julie Marchen, tries to live a fairly normal life, but when the Wild breaks free and takes over their town, it is Julie who has to prevent everyone from being trapped in the events of a story.
FIC GEOGeorge, Jessica Day, 1976-. Princess of the midnight ball. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
FIC GOLGoldman, William, 1931- author. The princess bride : an illustrated edition of S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure. Illustrated edition, 25th anniversary edition.
Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince.
FIC GRUGruber, Michael, 1940-. The witch's boy. 1st ed. New York : HarperTempest, c2005.
An orphan turns against the witch who raised him when he becomes consumed by the desire for money and revenge against those who have hurt him.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. Book of a thousand days. 1st U.S. ed. New York, NY : Bloomsbury :, 2007.
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. Enna burning. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury :, 2004.
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. The goose girl. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2003.
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. Princess Academy :palace of stone. New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.
FIC HARHarrison, Mette Ivie 1970-. Mira, mirror. New York, NY : Viking, 2004.
Long after the disappearance of Snow White's stepmother, the witch trapped in her mirror manipulates a desperate peasant and a merchant's daughter to seek the magic she needs to gain her freedom, but the girls show her a power far greater.
FIC LEVLevine, Gail Carson. Ella enchanted. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1998, c1997.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
FIC MACMacDonald, George, 1824-1905. The princess and the goblin. New York : Random House, c2010.
Why the princess has a story about her -- The princess loses herself -- The princess and- we shall see who -- What the nurse thought of it -- The princess lets well alone -- The little miner -- The mines -- The Goblins -- The hall of the goblin palace -- The princess's King-Papa -- The old lady's bedroom -- A short chapter about Curdie -- The Cobs' creature -- That night week -- Woven and then spun -- The ring -- Springtime -- Curdie's clue -- Goblin councils -- Irene's clue -- The escape -- The old lady and Curdie -- Curdie and his mother -- Irene behaves like a princess -- Curdie comes to grief -- the goblin miners -- The goblins in the King's house -- Curdie's guide -- Masonwork -- The King and the kiss -- The subterranean waters -- The last chapter. A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie and her newly-discovered great-great-grandmother from the goblin miners who live in caves beneath the royal castle.
FIC MARMartin, Rafe, 1946-. Birdwing. 1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005.
Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, the youngest of six brothers turned into swans by their stepmother, is unable to complete the transformation back into human form, so he undertakes a journey to discover whether his feathered arm will be a curse or a blessing to him.
FIC MURMurdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben : being a wholly truthful account of her various discoveries and misadventures, recounted to the best of her recollection, in four parts. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kindgom of Montagne as it faces war with neighboring Drachensbett.
FIC NAPNapoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Prince of the pond, The : otherwise known as De Fawg Pin. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1992.
Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family.007-010.
FIC SAISaint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944. Little Prince. San Diego : Harcourt, c2000.
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
FIC TRUTrue heroes : a treasury of modern-day fairy tales written by best-selling authors. Salt Lake City, Utah : Shadow Mountain, [2015].
Twenty-one bestselling authors have written short stories to accompany Jonathan Diaz's fantastical photographs of children who are battling cancer.
Bibliography
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
FIC BUCBuckley, Michael. The sisters Grimm Book One: The Fairy Tale Detectives. New York : Amulet Books, 2005.
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
FIC COLColfer, Chris, 1990- author. The land of stories : the wishing spell. First paperback edition.
"Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about"--Provided by publisher.
FIC DICDiCamillo, Kate. Tale of Despereaux, The : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2004.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
FIC DURDurst, Sarah Beth. Ice. 1st Margaret K. McElderry Books pbk. ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010, c2009.
A modern-day retelling of "East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon" in which eighteen-year-old Cassie learns that her grandmother's fairy tale is true when a Polar Bear King comes to claim her for his bride and she must decide whether to go with him and save her long-lost mother, or continue helping her father with his research.
FIC DURDurst, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild : a novel. New York : Razorbill, 2007.
Having escaped from the Wild and the preordained fairy tale plots it imposes, Rapunzel, along with her daughter Julie Marchen, tries to live a fairly normal life, but when the Wild breaks free and takes over their town, it is Julie who has to prevent everyone from being trapped in the events of a story.
FIC GEOGeorge, Jessica Day, 1976-. Princess of the midnight ball. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.
FIC GOLGoldman, William, 1931- author. The princess bride : an illustrated edition of S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure. Illustrated edition, 25th anniversary edition.
Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince.
FIC GRUGruber, Michael, 1940-. The witch's boy. 1st ed. New York : HarperTempest, c2005.
An orphan turns against the witch who raised him when he becomes consumed by the desire for money and revenge against those who have hurt him.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. Book of a thousand days. 1st U.S. ed. New York, NY : Bloomsbury :, 2007.
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. Enna burning. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury :, 2004.
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. The goose girl. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2003.
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
FIC HALHale, Shannon. Princess Academy :palace of stone. New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.
FIC HARHarrison, Mette Ivie 1970-. Mira, mirror. New York, NY : Viking, 2004.
Long after the disappearance of Snow White's stepmother, the witch trapped in her mirror manipulates a desperate peasant and a merchant's daughter to seek the magic she needs to gain her freedom, but the girls show her a power far greater.
FIC LEVLevine, Gail Carson. Ella enchanted. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1998, c1997.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
FIC MACMacDonald, George, 1824-1905. The princess and the goblin. New York : Random House, c2010.
Why the princess has a story about her -- The princess loses herself -- The princess and- we shall see who -- What the nurse thought of it -- The princess lets well alone -- The little miner -- The mines -- The Goblins -- The hall of the goblin palace -- The princess's King-Papa -- The old lady's bedroom -- A short chapter about Curdie -- The Cobs' creature -- That night week -- Woven and then spun -- The ring -- Springtime -- Curdie's clue -- Goblin councils -- Irene's clue -- The escape -- The old lady and Curdie -- Curdie and his mother -- Irene behaves like a princess -- Curdie comes to grief -- the goblin miners -- The goblins in the King's house -- Curdie's guide -- Masonwork -- The King and the kiss -- The subterranean waters -- The last chapter. A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie and her newly-discovered great-great-grandmother from the goblin miners who live in caves beneath the royal castle.
FIC MARMartin, Rafe, 1946-. Birdwing. 1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005.
Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, the youngest of six brothers turned into swans by their stepmother, is unable to complete the transformation back into human form, so he undertakes a journey to discover whether his feathered arm will be a curse or a blessing to him.
FIC MURMurdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben : being a wholly truthful account of her various discoveries and misadventures, recounted to the best of her recollection, in four parts. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kindgom of Montagne as it faces war with neighboring Drachensbett.
FIC NAPNapoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Prince of the pond, The : otherwise known as De Fawg Pin. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1992.
Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family.007-010.
FIC SAISaint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944. Little Prince. San Diego : Harcourt, c2000.
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
FIC TRUTrue heroes : a treasury of modern-day fairy tales written by best-selling authors. Salt Lake City, Utah : Shadow Mountain, [2015].
Twenty-one bestselling authors have written short stories to accompany Jonathan Diaz's fantastical photographs of children who are battling cancer.