The Snow Queen The three billy goats gruff by Natacha Godeau by Jerry Pinkney Once Upon a Time When her friend Hans is Three billy goats must outwit the kidnapped by the mysterious big, ugly troll that lives under the Favorite Fairy Tale Picture Books Snow Queen, Hanna decides to bridge they have to cross on look for him wherever her their way up the mountain. Beauty and the Beast search might take her. by Cynthia Rylant Puss in Boots Through her great capacity to Cinderella by Paul Galdone love, a kind and beautiful maid by Sarah L. Thomson A poor young man gains a releases a handsome prince Although mistreated by her fortune and meets a beautiful from the spell which has made him an ugly beast. stepmother and stepsisters, princess when his cat, the clever Cinderella meets her prince with Puss, outwits an evil giant. Rimonah of the Flashing Sword the help of her fairy godmother. by Eric A. Kimmel Hansel & Gretel A North African version of Snow Hans My Hedgehog by Holly Hobbie White tells of the beautiful by Kate Coombs Hansel and Gretel become lost Rimonah, whose courage and Riding a rooster and playing his in the woods and must find their honesty win her many rewards. fiddle, a young man, who is half way home despite an encounter hedgehog, half human, wins the with a wicked witch. The elves and the shoemaker hand of a beautiful princess. by Mara Alperin A catfish tale A poor shoemaker becomes Firebird by Whitney Stewart successful with the help of two by Saviour Pirotta When Cajun fisherman Jacques elves who finish his shoes during When a Firebird is discovered encounters a wish-granting the night. stealing the king’s golden apples, catfish, his wife wishes for many the king's son embarks on a things, including the title of Mardi Gras queen. Little Red Riding Hood quest to get them back. by Ed Bryan Grumbles from the forest Little Red Riding Hood gathers Rapunzel by Jane Yolen flowers, acorns, and honey along by Alison Sage A treasury of poems inspired by her way to grandmother's Rapunzel is locked in a tall tower classic fairy tales reveal the house, never realizing that they visited only by forest creatures quirky perspectives of will come in handy when she is until a prince is transfixed by her characters within each story. confronted by the Big Bad Wolf. magical singing. Princess Sophie and the six Thumbelina swans by Brian Alderson by Kim Jacobs A tiny girl no bigger than a A princess must rescue her six thumb is stolen by a great ugly brothers from the enchantment toad and has many adventures imposed on them by their while searching for home. wicked stepmother. The rose's smile Rumpelstiltskin The crystal mountain by David Kherdian by Paul O. Zelinsky by Ruth Sanderson Farizad, a young maiden, must The funny little man who spun The youngest of three sons set out on a dangerous journey straw into gold and helped the outwits the fairy thieves who to discover the three treasures beautiful miller's daughter stole his mother's tapestry and missing from her garden that marry the king gives her three marries one of the fairies he has will seal her fate and lead her to days to guess his name or he will rescued. happiness. take away her child. Iron John The little matchstick girl The Prince of Ireland and the by Marianna Mayer by H. C. Andersen three magic stallions With the help of Iron John, also The wares of the poor little by Bryce Milligan known as the wild man of the match girl illuminate her cold In a retelling of an Irish folktale, forest, a young prince makes his world, bringing some beauty to the prince of Ireland's way in the world and finds his her brief, tragic life. stepmother curses him to stay true love. no longer than two nights The loathsome dragon anywhere until he brings her a giant's horses from The ugly duckling the western edge of the world. by David Wiesner by Jerry Pinkney A wicked queen casts a spell An ugly duckling spends an over her beautiful stepdaughter, Sleeping Beauty unhappy year ostracized by the turning her into a loathsome by Mahlon F. Craft other animals before he grows dragon until such time as her A beautiful and beloved into a beautiful swan. wandering brother shall return princess, cursed by the one fairy and kiss her three times. who was not invited to her The Bremen town musicians christening, pricks her finger on by Brian Wildsmith The love of two stars her sixteenth birthday and falls asleep for one hundred years. While on their way to Bremen, by Janie Jaehyun Park four aging animals who are no When they fall in love and cast longer of any use to their aside their responsibilities, Swan lake masters find a new home after Kyonu, a farmer, and Jingnyo, a by Lisbeth Zwerger outwitting a gang of robbers. weaver, are separated by the A prince's love for a swan queen king of the starry realm who will overcomes an evil sorcerer's The Chinese emperor's new only let them meet in the Milky spell in this fairy tale adaptation clothes Way once a year. of the classic ballet. by Ying Chang Compestine The Bee-man of Orn and Other A young emperor, whose The Black Bull of Norroway advisors have taken advantage Fanciful Tales by Charlotte S. Huck of him, enlists the help of honest by Frank Richard Stockton A traditional Scottish tale set in tailors to reveal their misdeeds When a Sorcerer tells him that Norway in which a courageous in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. he has been transformed from girl sets out to seek her fortune another sort of being, the Bee- and ultimately finds true love. man sets out to discover his earlier incarnation.