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Y / Block
The rose and the beast.
Francesca Block. 2000.
Would you recognize Little Red Riding Hood if she was taking a bus through
L.A.? Nine fairytales are reinvented to bring your favorite characters into
the 21st century and give you an angle on their stories that you may have
never heard before.
741.5973 / FLE
The big book of urban legends.
Robert Loren Fleming. 1994.
Alligator in the sewer? Vanishing hitchhiker? Babysitter and a killer
upstairs? Yep, this comic-book/graphic novel collection has them all. Each
one to two page tale is drawn by a different comic artist - sparing no
scary, gross, or unbelievable detail.
398.22 / GAR
Politically correct bedtime stories.
James Finn Garner. 1994
If you're tired of the damsel-in-distress story, this one's for you: These 13
stories are classics, but with a twist: dwarves are "vertically challenged"
and Cinderella joins other feminist "womyn" of the palace to create a
comfortable clothing co-op.
951.0092 / MAH
Chinese Cinderella.
Adeline Yen Mah. 1999.
Think fairy tales don't come true? This autobiography tells what it's like
to be Cinderella before the magical escape. When her mother dies, Adeline
becomes an unwanted daughter - ignored and neglected by her father and step-
mother. She soon realizes that the only thing she can rely on is her own
intelligence.
Y / Napoli
Beast.
Donna Jo Napoli. 2000.
Go back to what you know of Beauty and the Beast. How did the beast end up
that way in the first place? After one mistake during a holy ceremony, an
evil fairy curses the young prince. Follow his difficult path from privileged and refined Prince Orasmyn, to wild beast wandering the world, to the kind but cunning Beast whom Belle fell in love with.
J / Morris
The squire's tale.
Gerald Morris. 1998.
Young orphan Terrence becomes Sir Gawain's squire, meets King Arthur, and
helps rescue damsels and battle enemies in this humorous and dramatic take
on the Arthurian legend. Along the way Terrence also discovers that he has
magical abilities and learns the secret of his mysterious parentage.
Y/Napoli
Crazy Jack.
Donna Jo Napoli. 1999.
When Jack is only nine, his father mysteriously disappears near a cliff,
where Jack later plants magic beans. As the beans grow, Jack is able to
climb up and search for his missing father, bringing home treasures along
the way, hoping to help his mother and impress the girl next door, with whom
Jack has fallen in love.
J / jr hi or J / pb /jr hi / Napoli
The magic circle.
Donna Jo Napoli. 1993.
You know the old story about Hansel and Gretel. But what do you know about
the witch who lured them into her candy cottage? In this powerful and moving story, find out who the witch was before she became a witch, and what really happened when Hansel and Gretel walked through her cottage door.
Y / Napoli
Zel.
Donna Jo Napoli. 1996.
Young Zel is growing and changing. She is tired of living alone with her
mother, especially after meeting a handsome young nobleman. But Mother
doesn't want to give her daughter up, so she locks Zel in a tower to keep her
all for herself, while the young man searches for his now-hidden true love
in this novel adaptation of the "Rapunzel" story.
Y / Stories / Sherwood
Sherwood: Original stories from the world of Robin Hood.
Edited by Jane Yolen. 2000.
Here are eight original stories, each by a different author, featuring Robin
Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood, from a tale of Robin's mysterious birth
to a story of a self-aware computer system that begins redistributing the
world's wealth in the manner of Robin Hood.
Y / Napoli
Zel.
Donna Jo Napoli. 1996.
Rapunzel's story doesn't begin or end in the tower. Before anyone was
climbing up her hair, Zel was a normal girl who loved animals and had just
caught the eye of a young man. Discover the secret that drives her mother
to lock her away, and slip into the mind of Zel as she slowly goes mad from
her isolation. Can she ever recover the life she had?
Y / Pratchett
The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents.
Terry Pratchett. 2001.
A mixed up take on the Pied Piper of Hamelin - Maurice the cat is the
mastermind of a money-making scheme involving trained, talking rats, a kid
with a flute, and a town that thinks they need a piper. But the gang bites
off more than they can chew in the town of Bad Blintz.
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