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Books in Tadpoles Fairytale Twists series

  • Hansel and Gretel and the Green Witch

    Laura North, Chris Jevons

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Jan. 31, 2015)
    In this classic fairy tale, retold with a twist, Hansel and Gretel are eat a lot of junk food and aren't very active. Their father, the woodcutter, plans a trip for them to the woods for exercise. But the children get lost and discover a hungrybut health-consciouswitch!
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  • Little Bad Riding Hood

    Julia Jarman, Jane Cope

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2014)
    Little Bad Riding Hood is off to see Granny carrying a very tasty basket of cakes. She escapes from the Wolf, but the cakes look very tempting. Can she get to Granny's house without eating them herself?
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  • The Princess and the Frozen Peas

    Laura North, Joelle Dreidemy

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 14, 2014)
    A beautiful princess tries to avoid marrying an ugly old king by pretending to sleep well each night despite the best efforts of the king's servants to disturb her rest with peas and other things that star with the letter P. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.
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  • Snow White Sees the Light

    Karen Wallace, Andrew Rowland

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2015)
    ?In this classic fairy tale, retold with a twist, Snow White has had enough! The dwarfs treat her like a slave, so she decides to play a trick on them. She pretends to eat a poisoned apple. Now she will find out what the dwarfs really think of her!
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  • The Emperor's New Uniform

    Maureen Haselhurst

    Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Jan. 31, 2015)
    ?In this classic fairy tale, retold with a twist, Enrico Empery is known as "the Emperor" of soccer. When a big championship game approaches, his teammate, Freddie Foulo, tells the Emperor about a very special soccer uniform that only the most amazing players can see.
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  • The Elves and the Trendy Shoes

    Evelyn Foster, Claudia Venturini

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2015)
    ?In this classic fairy tale, retold with a twist, the elves run a shoe store in Fairytale Land. But no one wants their old-fashioned shoes. Then one day they wake up to find their shop full of trendy shoes! Where did they come from?
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  • Rumpled Stilton Skin

    Daniel Postgate

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Jan. 31, 2015)
    In this classic fairy tale, retold with a twist, a funny little man with an unusual name appears when the poor cheesemaker's daughter needs his help. He makes her beautiful for a ball, but what will he ask for in return?
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  • Thumbelina Thinks Big

    Katie Dale

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Feb. 1, 2016)
    Thumbelina dreams of being a model on the catwalk. She has big dreams of stardombut not very much luck at getting noticed! Then a local fashion show comes to town. Could this be her big chance?
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  • Beauty and the Pea

    Hilary Robinson, Simona Sanfilippo

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2013)
    The beast of Pea Castle was sad and lonely. He needed a kiss from a princess to turn him back into a handsome prince. One day, Beauty arrived at the castle. The beast put a pea under her matress and she could not sleep a wink. Was Beauty the princess that could break the spell?
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  • Hansel, Gretel, and the Ugly Duckling

    Hilary Robinson, Simona Sanfilippo

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, May 30, 2013)
    Hansel and Gretel went out to collect wood for their father, but they got lost in the forest. Then a wicked old lady trapped them in her cottage! The ugly duckling followed a trail of bread that the children left behind them. Would the ugly duckling be able to rescue Hansel and Gretel?
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  • Three Pigs and a Gingerbread Man

    Hilary Robinson, Simona Sanfilippo

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Sept. 15, 2012)
    The Three Little Pigs lived in a brick house in Pig Yard. They baked all day and had such fun, until a wolf came by. He huffed and he puffed, and he tried to blow the house down. But, he was no match for the Gingerbread Man!
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  • Cinderella and the Beanstalk

    Hilary Robinson, Simona Sanfilippo

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, May 30, 2013)
    Cinderella meets Jack and the Beanstalk in this fun rhyming text. Jack and Cinderella climb the beanstalk and find a giant fairy godmother. Can she help them get to the prince's ball?
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