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Books in Fairy Tales, Folk Tales series

  • Cinderella

    Charles Perrault, Roberto Innocenti

    Hardcover (Creative Co, Nov. 1, 1983)
    In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. The illustrations set the story in 1920s London.
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  • The Little Red Hen

    Ronne Randall Emma Dodd

    Board book (Ladybird Books Ltd, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • Tam Lin

    Pamela Dean

    Hardcover (Tor Books, March 1, 1991)
    This Scottish-based tale for adults offers a pregnant heroine who must rescue the man who seduced her in the woods from his captor, the Fairie Queen
  • The Parrot

    Raffaella Gal, Laszlo Gal

    Hardcover (Groundwood Books, Aug. 18, 1997)
    Protected from an evil king by a prince who can turn himself into a parrot, a pretty maiden listens while her feathered companion tells her the parallel story of a captive princess and her thrilling rescue.
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  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff in German & English Folk Tales

    Henriette Barkow, Richard Johnson

    Paperback (Mantra Lingua, )
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  • Just Stay Put: A Chelm Story

    Gary Clement

    Hardcover (Groundwood Books, Feb. 27, 1996)
    Disinclined to work and perpetually daydreaming, Mendel leaves his family behind to journey to exciting Warsaw, an adventure that is cut short when a shepherd rearranges the napping Mendel's boots.
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  • Beauty and the Beast

    Mary Catherine Aulnoy, Etienne Delessert

    Hardcover (Creative Editions, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.
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  • Folk Tales & Fables of the Middle East and Africa

    Robert R. Ingpen, Barbara Hayes

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 1998)
    A selection of traditional tales from the Middle East and the African continent
  • Three Little Pigs

    Marie-Louise Gay

    Hardcover (Groundwood Books, Aug. 9, 1996)
    One in a series of classic tales, this charmingly fresh interpretation of "The Three Little Pigs" gives the pigs, and the wolf, personality, creating a new twist on the tale children have loved for years.
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  • Little Red Riding Hood Mini Book

    William Wegman

    Hardcover (Hyperion, Oct. 1, 1999)
    Fay draws the attention of the big bad wolf when she dons her red cloak to visit her grandmother in the woods, but she and her grandma are saved by the woodsman in a clever spin on an indispensable classic. 40,000 first printing.
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  • First Fairy Tales: The Ugly Duckling

    Jan Lewis

    Board book (Armadillo, Nov. 7, 2013)
    This timeless tale is retold in simple rhyme and bright, appealing illlustrations for the very young.
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  • Emma Peror's New Clothes

    Isabel Thomas, Erica-Jane Waters

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2016)
    Emma Peror is the ballet class terror! But a new girl in the class is going to teach her a lesson. Trixie Tailor gives Emma a tutu … a tutu that she says only the best ballet dancers can see. But is the tutu actually even there?
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