Twisting Tales Booklist

Fractured Fairy Tales

The following titles adapt tales that are part of American popular culture.

Endlessly Ever After, by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat, Chronicle, 2022.  

Gold, by Jed Alexander, Creston Books, 2022.  

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, by Mo Willems, Balzer + Bray, 2012. 

Interstellar Cinderella, by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt, Chronicle, 2015. 

It’s Not Jack & The Beanstalk, by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor, Two Lions, 2017. 

La Princesa and the Pea, by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, 2017. 

The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney, Little, Brown, 2009. 

The Little Blue Bridge, by Brenda Maier, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez, Scholastic, 2021. 

Mighty Red Riding Hood: A Fairly Queer Tale, by Wallace West, Little, Brown, 2022. 

Nen and the Lonely Fisherman, by Ian Eagleton & James Mayhew, little bee, 2024. 

Rapunzel, by Bethan Woollvin, Peachtree, 2017. 

Telling Stories Wrong, by Gianni Rodari, Enchanted Lion, 2022. 

The Twist-A-Roo, by Kathleen Doherty, illustrated by Kristyna Litten, Peachtree, 2023. 

Who Will Kiss the Crocodile?, by Suzy Senior, illustrated by Claire Powell, Tiger Tales, 2022. 

Traveling Tales

The following titles reference folktale traditions from across the globe.

Anansi and the Golden Pot, by Taiye Selasi, DK, 2022.  

Ancient Night, by David Bowles and David Alvarez, Levine Querido, 2023. 

Chia and the Fox Man: An Alaskan Dena’ina Fable, by Barbara & Ethan Atwater, illustrated by Mindy Dwyer, West Margin, 2020. 

Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, by Kahran and Regis Bethancourt, St. Martin’s, 2023. 

The Ghoul, by Taghreed Najjar and Hassan Manasrah, Crocodile Books, 2022. 

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella, by Paul Fleishman, illustrated by Julie Paschkis, Henry Holt, 2007. 

Good Night, Wind: A Yiddish Folktale, by Linda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Maelle Doliveux, Holiday House, 2019. 

Itzel and the Ocelot, by Rachel Katstaller, Kids Can, 2022. 

Kapaemahu, by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, & Joe Wilson, illustrated by Daniel Sousa, Kokila, 2022. 

Looking for a Jumbie, by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Amber Ren, HarperCollins, 2021. 

Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India, by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Frané Lessac, Candlewick, 2017. 

The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, by Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams, 2016. 

The Storyteller, by Evan Turk, Atheneum, 2016. 

The Truth About Dragons, by Julie Leung, illustrated by Hanna Chu, Henry Holt, 2023. 

Where’s Joon?, by Julie Kim, Little Bigfoot, 2023. 

New Narratives

The following titles borrow and remix traditional fairy tale elements to create new stories.

Alma and the Beast, by Esme Shapiro, Tundra, 2019.  

Anita and the Dragons, by Hannah Carmona, illustrated by Anna Cunha, Lantana, 2020. 

Franklin’s Flying Bookshop, by Jen Campbell, illustrated by Katie Harnett, Thames & Hudson, 2017. 

Giant Island, by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Doug Keith, Flashlight Press, 2022. 

How the Stars Came to Be, by Poonam Mistry, Abrams, 2019. 

Little Witch Hazel, by Phoebe Wahl, Tundra, 2021. 

The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess, by Tom Gauld, Neal Porter Books, 2021. 

One and Everything, by Sam Winston, Candlewick, 2022. 

Oona, by Kelly DiPuccio, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, Katherine Tegen Books, 2021. 

The Paper Bag Princess, by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko, Annick Press, 1981. 

The Queen on Our Corner, by Lucy Christopher and Nia Tudor, Lantana, 2021. 

Shrek!, by William Steig, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1990. 

The Very Last Castle, by Travis Jonker, illustrated by Mark Pett, Abrams, 2018. 

The Wolf, The Duck, and The Mouse, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, Candlewick, 2017. 

Twice Upon a Time

The following titles present other versions of stories included in Fractured Fairy Tales.

Franklin and Luna and the Book of Fairy Tales, by Jen Campbell, illustrated by Katie Harnett, Thames & Hudson, 2019. 

The Three Pigs, by David Wiesner, Clarion, 2001.  

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by Lane Smith, Viking, 1989. 

Hansel and Gretel, by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Jen Corace, Hyperion, 2008. 

It’s Not Hansel & Gretel, by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor, Two Lions, 2019. 

Snow White, by The Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Quentin Greban, NorthSouth Books, 2013. 

Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm, translated by Randall Jarrell, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, SquareFish, 1987. 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by James Marshall, Dial Books, 1982. 

The Mermaid, by Jan Brett, Putnam, 2017. 

Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story, by Tomie dePaola, Penguin, 2004. 

Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, by Robert San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, Aladdin, 2002. 

Jack and the Beanstalk, by Nina Crews, Henry Holt, 2011. 

Kate and The Beanstalk, by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Giselle Potter, Aladdin, 2005. 

The Princess and the Pea, by Rachel Isadora, Putnam, 2007. 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff, by Jerry Pinkney, Little, Brown, 2017. 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, Orchard Books, 2022. 

Little Red Riding Hood, by Trina Schart Hyman, Holiday House, 1983.

The Girl and the Wolf, by Katherina Vernett, illustrated by Julie Flett, Theytus Books, 2019.  

The Little Mermaid, by Lisbeth Zwerger, Penguin, 2012. 

The Little Mermaid, by Jerry Pinkney, Little, Brown, 2020. 

Rapunzel, by Rachel Isadora, Putnam, 2008. 

Rapunzel, by Paul O. Zelinsky, Puffin, 2002. 

The Ant and the Grasshopper, by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley, Roaring Brook, 2012. 

The Grasshopper and the Ants, by Jerry Pinkney, Little, Brown, 2015. 

Sleeping Beauty, by Mahlon F. Craft, illustrated by K.Y. Craft, SeaStar, 2002. 

Reading Beauty, by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt, Chronicle, 2019.