I’m a big believer in sharing fairy tales with my children. These stories are woven throughout our culture, and I want my kiddos to be familiar with them. BUT, I’m also a big fan of exploring fairy tales with a twist. In this list, you’ll find some of our favorite traditional fairy tales, but also a good selection of tales from around the world and tales with a new and different take. My children love comparing and contrasting these different tales. Is the big, bad shark scarier than the big, bad wolf? Could Humpty Dumpty have been the victim of a crime, or was it his own poor judgement that got him into such trouble? And what about that gingerbread girl? Doesn’t she know what happened to her older brother? Stories like these breathe new life into the fairy tales we know and love.
Enjoy!
The Crown Affair (Jack and Jill)
by Jeannie Franz Ransom
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
by Janet Stevens
The Gingerbread Girl
by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by James Marshall
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by Jan Brett
Goldilocks Returns
by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Hush Little Baby
by Sylvia Long
The Jolly Postman
by Janet Ahlberg
Little Red Riding Hood: A New Fangled Prairie Tale
by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China
by Ed Young
Red Riding Hood
by James Marshall
The Rough-Face Girl (Algonquin Cinderella Story)
by Rafe Martin
Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story
by Robert SanSouci
The Three Little Fish and the Big, Bad Shark
by Will Grace
The Three Little Pigs
by James Marshall
The Three Little Wolves and the Big, Bad Pig
by Eugene Trivizas
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
Wee Willy Winkie and Other Rhymes
by Iona Opie
What Really Happened to Humpty Dumpty
by Jeannie Franz Ransom
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
by Ai-Ling Louie
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together
by Mary Ann Hoberman
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