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Tag Archives: fairy tale
The Jumbies
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste This is an absolute must-buy for children’s librarians and elementary schools! Forget trick-or-treating and bags full of candy, All Hallows Eve is when spirits and jumbies can mix freely with regular people. Corinne is tough … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grades, Primary Grades
Tagged Af-Am, black, fairy tale, ghosts, poc
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Mr. Bear Gets Alarmed – After Happily Ever After
Mr. Bear Gets Alarmed (After Happily Ever After) by Tony Bradman The little one and I went to story time at a different library from the one we usually visit. And while he was happily playing I spotted their amazing … Continue reading
Posted in Primary Grades
Tagged beginning chapter book, clean, fairy tale, retelling
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East
East by Edith Pattou Rose was born to replace a sister she never knew. She was meant to be an East born child, mild and docile and staying close to home. But Rose was born facing North, a wanderer, bound … Continue reading
Sweetly
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce My library copy has a little “HORROR” sticker on the spine, which was making me a wee bit nervous. However, the book did not give me the creeps too much, and the horror sticker was probably … Continue reading
The Sweetest Spell
The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors In the Flatlands, Emmeline is considered unnatural due to her curved foot. When a soldiers come to take her father away and a flood devastates her town, she has no choice seek a new … Continue reading
Castle Waiting
Castle Waiting by Linda Medley I can honestly say I have never read anything like Castle Waiting. Epic in size, it’s a twisting winding tale which references many familiar fairy tales but also introduces unique characters and stories. Those hunting … Continue reading
Garden Princess
Garden Princess by Kristin Kladstrup Princess Adela loves her gardens, yet not in that distant dreamy way you might assume of a princess. She actually loves the act of gardening, weeding, planting bulbs, all of it. It’s a huge part … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grades, Primary Grades, Tween
Tagged fairy tale, garden, princess, romance, royalty
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Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine I have loved Ella Enchanted since I first read it, way back before it was made into an amazingly mediocre movie. Cinderella retellings abound but this is a particularly charming one. Even before her … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grades, Teen, Tween
Tagged cinderella, fairy tale, princess, retelling, royalty
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Beauty
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley Beauty has grown up in a city, the youngest daughter of a wealthy merchant. While her two oldest sisters are completely beautiful, she is small and … Continue reading
The Goose Girl
The Goose Girl (Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, is twice stripped of her title. The first time is shortly following her father’s death. Her mother publicly declares her younger brother Calib to … Continue reading
