Fairy Tales Retold

Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales by Alison Lurie

A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn a modern day Sleeping Beauty told in two points of view -- the Princess and a regular-guy Prince Charming.

Abarat by Clive Barker

An Earthly Knight by Janet McNaughton (Tam Lin)

Ash by Melinda Lo is the lesbian version of Cinderella

Beast by Donna Jo Napoli, (Beauty and the Beast set in Persia)

Fire and Hemlock by Diane Wynne Jones (Tam Lin)

Fitcher's Brides by Gregory Frost

Fractured Fairy Tales by A.J. Jacobs

Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel" by Cameron Dokey ("Once Upon a Time" series)

Goose Chase by Patricia Kindle (Goose Girl)

Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Fairy Tale elements -- not a retelling)

Green Angel by Alice Hoffman

I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince by Melissa Kantor

I Was a Rat! By Philip Pullman

Impossible by Nancy Werlin (Tam Lin)

In a Dark Wood by Michael Cadnum [Robin Hood],

Jack of Kinrowan (1995) by Charles de Lint

Sweetly, Sisters Red, and As You Wish by Jackson Pearce

Pay the Piper and Trollbridge by Jane Yolen (Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tales series set in contemporary times)

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Cinderella continued)

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donohue

Land of Stories (series) by Chris Colfer

Let Down Your Hair by Jane B. Mason

Letters from Rapunzel by Sarah Lewis Holmes

Malkin by Sophie Masson

Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" by Debbie Vigue ("Once Upon a Time" series)

Mirra, Mirror by Mette Ivie Harrison -- Snow White's stepmother's mirror

Nightmares & Fairytales by Serena Valentino (graphic novel fairy tale)

Once Upon (series) by Dennis L. McKiernan

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun [12 Dancing Princesses]

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Flinn Garner

Princess Ben by Catherine Murdock

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George (Cinderella)

Princess of the Midnight Ball - Jessica Day George

Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale

Red Rider's Hood by Neal Shusterman

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block

Rose Bride: A Retelling of “The White Bride and the Black Bride” by Nancy Holder

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley

Runaway Princess by Kate Coombs

Scarlett Moon by Debbie Vigue

Serafin by Sophie Masson

Snow by Tracy Lynn (Snow White)

Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede

Snow White, Rose Red by Patricia Wrede

Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli (Rumpelstiltskin)

Spirited by Nancy Holder

Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Fairytale elements -- not a retelling)

Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt (Rumplestiltskin)

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

Sunlight and Shadow: A Retelling of "The Magic Flute" by Cameron Dokey ("Once Upon a Time" series)

Swan's Wing by Ursula Synge

Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird by Vivian Van Velde

Tam Lin by Pamela Dean

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

The Brave Apprentice by P.W. Catanese

The Frog Prince - Continued by Jon Scieszka

The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker

The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales by James & Joseph Bruchac

The Glass Slipper by Eleanor Farjeon

The Godmother by Elizabeth Scarborough

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Alice in Wonderland)

The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli [Hansel and Gretel],

The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World by Ethel Johnston Phelps

The Mirror's Tale by P.W. Catanese

The New Policeman by Kate Thompson

The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn (12 Dancing Princesses)

The Nightingale by Kara Dalkey

The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun

The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (fairy tale themes, not a retelling)

The Queen of Spells by Dahlov Ipcar

The Rumplestiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer [Jack & Jill],

The Seventh Swan by Nicholas Stuart Gray

The Silver Curlew by Eleanor Farjeon

The Sisters Grimm (series) by Michael Buckley (fairy tale themes, not a retelling)

The Snow Queen by Eileen Kernaghan

The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka

The Storyteller’s Daughter: A Retelling of "The Arabian Nights" by Cameron Dokey ("Once Upon a Time" series)

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars by Steven Brust

The Swan Kingdom by Zoë Marriott

The Swan Maiden by Heather Tomlinson

The Thief of the Bean Stalk by P.W. Catanese

THE THIRTEENTH PRINCESS by Diana Zahler

The Tower Room by Adele Geras (Rapunzel)

Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson

Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber

Wolf by Gillian Cross

A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. by Terri Windling

Yo, Hungry Wolf! by David Vozar

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli (Rapunzel)

by Mercedes Lackey:

Fairy Godmother

The Five Hundred Kingdoms

The Fire Rose

Firebird

The Gates of Sleep

One Good Knight

Phoenix and Ashes

Reserved for the Cat

The Serpent's Shadow

The Wizard of London

Keturah And Lord Death by Martine Leavitt (Scheherazade)

White as Snow by Tanith Lee

by Gail Carson Levine:

Ella Enchanted

Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep

The Fairy's Return

For Biddle's Sake

The Princess Test

Two Princesses of Bamarre

Fairest

by Gregory Maguire:

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (Cinderella)

A Lion Among Men (Wizard of Oz)

Mirror, Mirror (Snow White)

Son of a Witch (Wizard of Oz)

Wicked (Wizard of Oz)

by Robin McKinley:

Beast

Beauty

Deerskin by Robin McKinley is based on the folktale Donkeyskin

The Door in the Hedge

A Knot in the Grain

The Outlaws of Sherwood

Rose Daughter

Spindle's End

Cinder Series by Marissa Meyer

Cinder

Scarlett

Cress

Winter

Fairest

Stars Above

Heartless by Marissa Meyer (Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland)

by Donna Jo Napoli:

Beast

Bound (Cinderella)

Breath (Pied Piper)

The Magic Circle

The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as The Fawg Pin

Spinners (w/Richard Tchen)

Zel (Rapunzel)

The "Once Upon a Time" series:

Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of “Sleeping Beauty” by Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight: A Retelling of “Cinderella” by Cameron Dokey

Golden: A Retelling of “Rapunzel” by Cameron Dokey

The Storyteller’s Daughter: A Retelling of “The Arabian Nights” by Cameron Dokey

Sunlight and Shadow: A Retelling of “The Magic Flute” by Cameron Dokey

Rose Bride: A Retelling of “The White Bride and The Black Bride” by Nancy Holder

Snow: A Retelling of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” by Tracy Lynn

Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of “The Little Mermaid” by Debbie Viguié

Crimson Thread: A Retelling of “Rumplestiltksin” by Suzanne Weyn

Water Song: A Retelling of “The Frog Prince” by Suzanne Weyn

Anthologies by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling:

Black Heart, Ivory Bones

Silver Birch, Blood Moon

Black Swan, White Raven

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

Black Thorn, White Rose

Snow White, Blood Red

Graphic Novels

Rapunzel's Revenge is great fun and combines Rapunzel with Jack in the Beanstalk (in a world based on the Wild West!). I think the sequel, Calamity Jack, just came out.

Fable graphic novel series

Castle Waiting by Linda Medley (Sleeping Beauty)

Nightmares and Fairytales by Serena Valentino

DVDs:

The Best of Fractured Fairy Tales Vol. 1 -- a collection of the animated Fractured Fairy Tales from the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show

Resources:

• What are Fairy Tales Retold?

• List of Fairy Tales Retold from Ahmansn Library

• List from Santa Cruz Public Library

• ACPL Books For Teens Retellings Fairytales and Folktales

• www.surlalunefairytales.com

See Also:

• Fairy Tales Elementary Lesson

• Changed Children's Story Lesson

• Original Cinderella Lesson