Fabulous Fractured Fairy Tales
September 29th, 2010 by Kidsmomo
Hansel and Gretel as the original problem children? Rapunzel as a kick-butt heroine rather than a damsel in distress? Cinderella and Prince Charming in a troubled marriage? That’s right! It’s the Brothers Grimm meets The Twilight Zone in these surprising fractured fairy tales (in no particular order):
- Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales by Gregory Maguire (Karen’s pick)
- Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley (Nancy’s pick)
- Cinderella (As If You Didn’t Already Know the Story) by Barbara Ensor
- Thornspell by Helen Lowe
- Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
- The Prince of the Pond by Donna Jo Napoli
- Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
- Princess Tales series by Gail Carson Levine
- Newfangled Fairy Tales by Bruce Lansky
- Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird by Vivian Vande Velde
(And here’s a printable version of our Fractured Fairy Tales booklist, for you to take to the library or bookstore — or hand off to your fairy godmother so she can pick ’em up for you as a little gift.)
UPDATE 10/12/10: We revealed the answer to our Fractured Fairy Tale Mystery Book Theater in the “Happily Ever After” Podcast, so take a listen if you want to know the answer. Or just tune in if you want to hear Karen make some terrible jokes about broken tails. (Fractured tales? Get it? Yeah…)