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Author
Publisher
Rock Point
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Featuring 211 classic tales from the Brothers Grimm, including favourites such as "Hansel and Gretel," "Cinderella," "The Frog Prince," "Rapunzel," "Snow White," and "Rumpelstiltskin," The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is accompanied by 40 colour plates and 60 black-and-white illustrations from award-winning English illustrator Arthur Rackham, whose books and prints are now highly sought-after collectibles.
Author
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of tales of the mysterious and macabre. From the eerie incantations of The Raven to the persistent fright of The Tell-Tale Heart, his stories and poems are unforgettable explorations of the darker side of life that still offer lessons and insight into human behavior today, making them an integral component of just about any library.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Curl up and discover folk tales, legends, and myths from wintry landscapes in this beautifully illustrated anthology for children. Featuring stories of Norse gods, hibernating bears, Christmas feasts, and wicked witches, there is something for everyone in this collection of winter inspired stories. This is a collection to read when the weather turns cold and the nights draw in.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enclave Escape
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"All Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous Wonder Gene-- the key to unlocking the curious Wonderland Reality. Soon, Alice receives a rather cryptic invitation to play for Team Heart in this year's annual -- and often deadly -- Wonderland Trials. Now she has less than...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a gorgeous, full-color fairy-tale treasury.
Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories. If you notice the pages glowing, followed by an inviting humming noise, don't be afraid! That is just the book's magic. But whatever you...
Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories. If you notice the pages glowing, followed by an inviting humming noise, don't be afraid! That is just the book's magic. But whatever you...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of honesty in exposing the fraud of the two thieves and their invisible clothes. With questions and guidelines for parents and educators.
12) The real story
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Cat asks Mouse how the cookie jar broke and where the cookies went, Mouse tells Cat implausible story after implausible story.
13) Promchanted
Author
Publisher
Disney / Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation.
14) American gothic tales (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): / edited by Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
1996. viii, 544 p. cm.
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Clementine can't wait for her movie marathon with Rapunzel. But when she gets there, she learns her friend has been too busy watching a new reality TV show to care for her hair and is trapped in her tower! Clementine must figure out a way to untangle Rapunzel's hair before her parents get home.
16) Downpour
Author
Publisher
Coronis Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Trapped inside his crumbling home, a father must do everything he can to keep his family from falling apart. But the rain calls to them, and not everyone wants to stay inside. Haunted by memories of a tragic childhood, he must put aside his painful past and find a way to keep them all safe. But the rain shows no sign of stopping, and time is running out. From the award winning author of Suburban Monsters come a heartbreaking tale of terror, hope,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring all the ways love can save us-or go monstrously wrong. The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, hungry yearning: the desire to be loved, and seen, and known. And the terror of those things too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long...
20) Rumpelstiltskin
Author
Publisher
Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Clem's friend Dewey tells tall tales, including that his sister Margot can spin straw into gold. The king overhears this and asks if she can spin some gold for him. The trio asks their kickball teammate Bigfoot for help because he has magical powers. Bigfoot agrees at first, but when the king asks for more gold, the trio must guess Bigfoot's real name for his help"--Amazon.