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| AGE | AUTHOR | BOOK TITLE | REVIEWS |
| All | Disabled Fables: Aesop's Fables, Retold And Illustrated By Artists With Developmental Disabilities | @AMAZON | |
| 4-8 | Verna Aardema
[Resource File] |
Anansi Does the
Impossible!: An Anhanti Tale
Koi and the Kola Nuts : A Tale from Liberia [do good and good will come back to you] |
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| PreK | Alma Flor Ada | Pio Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes [bilingual collection of traditional rhymes] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Charles Addams (1912–1988) American Cartoonist | The Charles Addams Mother Goose
First Published 1967 |
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| 7 Up | Adler, Naomi | Barefoot Book of Animal Tales [selflessness, sharing, and trust] | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Ahlberg. Alllan | Previously [clever pastiche of fairy tales in which everyone lives happily ever . . . before. ] | @AMAZON |
| 7-9 | Aliki [Resource File] | The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus | @AMAZON |
| 10+ | Judy Allen | Fantasy Encyclopedia [one-stop guide to the creatures and people of folklore and fantasy. From goblins and fairies to dragons and Dracula, this encyclopedia covers them all with sparkling, readable text and stunning illustrations. Featuring more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this book will introduce readers to each fantasy character within its habitat and genre. Cross-reference boxes direct readers to popular books and movies starring these fantastical creatures. This is a must-have for any fantasy enthusiast!] | @AMAZON |
| RES | Anna E. Altmann, Gail De Vos | New Tales for Old: Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Berthe Amoss | The Three Little Cajun Pigs | @AMAZON |
| 10 Up | Rudolfo Anaya | My Land Sings: Stories from the Rio Grande [10 stories - Hispanic and Native American] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Hans Christian Andersen, et al [Resource File] | The Nightingale (Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2002)
The Nightingale (Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger 1999) The Ugly Duckling (Caldecott Honor Book, 2000 (Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney) Thumbeline (Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger 2000)) The Little Match Girl (Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999) |
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| 4-8 | Joan Walsh Anglund | Nibble Nibble Mousekin: A Tale of Hansel and Gretel | |
| 4-8 | Joyce Cooper Arkhurst | The Adventures
of Spider: West African folk tales
Anansi Finds a Fool: An Ashanti Tale |
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| 4-8 | Anna Marlis Burgard | Flying Feet: A Story of Irish Dance | @AMAZON |
| 8-12 | F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Adat | Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection [retelling of twelve beloved stories that embody the lively spirit and the rich heritage of Latino people. The Welcome is a bit of interesting history.] | @AMAZON |
| 8-10 | Susan Cooper | The Magician's Boy [St. George and the Dragon] | @AMAZON |
| 5-9 | Jennifer Armstrong | King Crow (Irish) | |
| 4-8 | Katya Arnold | Baba Yaga: A Russian folk tale
Baba Yaga and the Little Girl: A Russian folk tale |
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| 4-8 | Chris Babcock | No Moon, No Milk | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Hyun-Joo Bae | New Clothes for New Year's Day [Follow a young Korean girl as she dresses and prepares for celebrating the Lunar New Year.] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Giambattista Petrosinella Basile, Diane Stanley | Petrosinella: A Neapolitan Rapunzel | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Antonia Barber | The Mousehole Cat (Cornish) | @AMAZON |
| All Ages | Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) | A Deluxe Book of Flower Fairies (2003) [compilation of all Barker's world-famous fairy illustrations and poems. Exquisitely rendered drawings of the natural world, and the child-like fairies who live in each flower or tree camouflaged by their "flowery" clothes.]
The Flower Fairies Alphabet Coloring Book |
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| 8-11 | Teresa Bateman | The Ring of Truth: An Original Irish Tale | @AMAZON |
| 10Up
5-8 |
Tanya Robyn Batt | The Fabrics of
Fairytale: Stories Spun from Far and Wide
The Faerie's Gift |
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| John Bean, Amelia Oldfield | Pied Piper: Musical Activities to Develop Basic Skills | @AMAZON | |
| 9 Up | Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) | Cautionary Tales for Children | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Ann Keay Beneduce | Jack and the Beanstalk (Victorian) | @AMAZON |
| 5-9 | Alix Berenzy | A Frog Prince | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Laura Berkeley | The Keeper of Wisdom | @AMAZON |
| 3-6
5-9 |
James Berry | Don't Leave an
Elephant to Go and Chase a Bird (African)
First Palm Trees: An Anancy Spiderman Story |
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| 4-8 | Lynne Bertrand | Granite Baby [original tall tale] | @AMAZON |
| Adult | Bruno Bettelheim | The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | John Bierhorst | Is My Friend at Home: Pueblo Fireside Tales | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Claire Huchet Bishop | The Five Chinese Brothers | @AMAZON |
| YA | Francesca Lia Block | The Rose and the Beast | @AMAZON |
| 5 Up | Odds Bodkin
Gennady Spirin, Illustrator |
The Crane Wife (Japanese) | @AMAZON |
| RES | Bette Bosma | Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, and Myths: Using Folk Literature in Your Classroom | @AMAZON |
| 3-6
5-8 |
Jan Brett [Resource File] | Goldilocks and
the Three Bears
Beauty and the Beasat |
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| Walter M. Brasch | Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the 'Cornfield Journalist: The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris | @AMAZON | |
| All | Marcia Brown
[Resource File] |
Stone Soup: An Old Tale (French) | @AMAZON |
| All | Robert Browning | The Pied Piper
of Hamelin
[1888 poetry book illustrated by Kate Greenaway] |
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| All | Ashley Bryan | Beautiful Blackbird - Zambian Tale
Ashley Bryan's African Tales |
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| PreK | Richard Buckley | The Greedy Python | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Robert Burleigh | Pandora | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Khephra Burns
Leo and Diane Dillon, Illustrators |
Mansa Musa | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Robert Byrd | Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife: A Giant of a Tale from Ireland | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Len Cabral | Anansi's Narrow Waist: An African Folk Tale | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Michael J. Caduto | The Crimson Elf: Italian Tales of Wisdom | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Stephanie Calmenson | Principal's New Clothes | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | F. Isabel Campoy | Rosa Raposa [Trickster Tale from South America] | @AMAZON |
| All | Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-up Adaptation [Illustrated by Robert Sabuda] 2003 [special effects like a Victorian peep show, multifaceted foil, and tactile elements] | @AMAZON |
| All | James Carvillel | Lu and the Swamp Ghost [Louisiana during 1929 depression/"You're never poor if you have a loving family and one good friend."] | @AMAZON |
| 5-7 | Patrick Skene Catling | Chocolate Touch (Midas Touch) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Margaret Chang | The Beggar's Magic: A Chinese Tale | @AMAZON |
| 5-7 | Gennifer Choldenko | Moonstruck : The True Story of the Cow Who Jumped over the Moon | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Eileen Christelow | Where's the Big Bad Wolf? | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Sally Pomme Clayon | Tales Told in Tents: Stories from Central Asia [12 retellings interwoven with stories of travel, folklore, proverbs and riddles. | @AMAZON |
| 9-12
5-8 5-9 7-10 7-13 4-8 4-8 5-7 |
Shirley Climo [Teacher Resource] | Monkey Business: Stories from Around the World [collection/stories/facts]
The Irish Cinderlad The Persian Cinderella Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth Magic & Mischief: Tales from Cornwall (Cornish) The Korean Cinderella The Egyptian Cinderella [Lesson Plan] The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable [Lesson Plans/Suggestions for Ants] [The Mexican Family Through Literature] |
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| 4-8
7-11 |
Jewell Reinhart Coburn | Angkat: The Cambodian Cinderella
Jouanah : A Hmong Cinderella |
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| 4-8 | Babette Cole | Princess Smartypants
(parody)
Prince Cinders (spoof) |
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| 7-9 | Sheila Hebert Collins | Cendrillon: A Cajun Cinderella | @AMAZON |
| 8-10 | Carlo Collodi | Pinocchio | @AMAZON |
| 6-8 | Joy Cowley | The Wishing of Biddy Malone [original Irish Tales/omething gained for nothing has no value] | @AMAZON |
| Barbara Cooney | Little Brother and Little Sister | ||
| 4-8 | M. Charlotte Craft | Cupid and Psyche | @AMAZON |
| All | E. E. Cummings | Fairy Tales (collection) | @AMAZON |
| 6-8 | Pat Cummings | Ananse and the Lizard: A West African Tale | @AMAZON |
| 9 up | Lynn Curlee | Mythological Creatures: A Classical Bestiary [From the fierce Chimera, part lion, goat, and serpent; to magnificent Phoenix that rises from its own ashes; to the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece; to the legend of Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa; to the noble winged horse, Pegasus; to Cerberus, the three-headed watchdog of Hades.] | @AMAZON |
| 5-7 | Stefan Czernecki | Paper Lanterns (fiction) [lesson in perseverance/Chinese New Year/Chinese New Year: The Lantern Festival] ( | @AMAZON |
| 3-7 | Jude Daly | Fair, Brown and Trembling: An Irish Cinderella Story | @AMAZON |
| 10 Up | Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire | D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths | @AMAZON |
| 9 Up | Kenneth C. Davis | Don't Know Much About World Myths [In Davis' trademark question-and-answer style peppered with entertaining sidebars and quotes, he also shows how almost every civilization's mythology shares common themes. Some stories celebrate the creation of the earth and the arrival of the first humans; others mourn a massive flood of destruction. | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Cynthia DeFelice | One Potato, Two Potato [retelling of a Chinese folktale pays tribute to the author’s Irish heritage] | @AMAZON |
| David Delamare | Cinderella | ||
| 4-8 | Dom Deluise | King Bob's New Clothes | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Tomie De Paola
[Study Units] |
Strega Nona (Grandma
Witch) (Italian)
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka (Irish) |
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| 4-8
8-11 |
Demi | The Empty Pot
(Chinese)
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical folk tale |
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| 6-8 | Baba Wague Diakite | The Magic Gourd [Mali, West Africa][generosity/friendship/true meaning of wealth]
The Hatseller and the Monkeys: A West African Folktale [monkey-see, monkey-do] |
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| 8-11
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Sharon Arms Doucet | Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Louisiana Bayou
Alligator Sue ["Who am I – a Gator or a Girl?" "All you can do is be who you is." Hurricane hits Louisiana's Atchafalaya Swamp/] [Hurricanes by Seymour Simon] |
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| 8-11 | Malachy Doyle | Tales from Old Ireland
[Teacher Activities] |
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| 6-9 | Lois Duncan | The Magic of Spider Woman (Navajo) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Kin Eagle | Hey, Diddle Diddle | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Katie Edwards | Myths and Monsters: Secrets Revealed [exposes the truth behind 10 mythical creatures.] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Lady Hestia Evans | Mythology [In the early nineteenth century, an English nobleman embarked on a tour of the sites of ancient Greece. He brought as his guide a primer on Greek myths written by his friend Lady Hestia Evans, a devotee of Lord Byron who had recently taken the same voyage. In the true Romantic spirit, Lady Hestia’s book was not only lavishly illustrated but also boasted many paper crafts and novelties, including a card game featuring the twelve Olympians, an oak-leaf oracle of Zeus, a pop-up Pandora’s box (with hope still inside), a booklet retelling the tale of Odysseus, a piece of the Golden Fleece, a gold OBOLOS coin to pay the ferryman on the River Styx, and many more flaps, foldouts, and other surprises. The nobleman added his own witty comments and drawings along the way, but seems to have wished for something odd at the Delphic oracle: as the book nears its end, it slowly begins to turn . . .to gold. Now, for lovers of Greek myths and those just discovering their timeless power, this fascinating volume is faithfully reproduced with all its Romantic ambience, clever wit and novelty features intact.] | @AMAZON |
| 5-8
4-7 |
Lisa Campbell Ernst | Little Red Riding
Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale
Stella Louella's Runaway Book (Goldilocks) |
@AMAZON | 8-11 | Josephine Evetts-Sacker | The Barefoot
Book of Father and Son Tales
The Barefoot Book of Mother and Son Tales [Teacher Activities] Mother and Daughter Tales (An Abbeville Anthology) Father and Daughter Tales (An Abbeville Anthology) |
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| 7-9 | Claire Ewart | The Dwarf, the Giant, and the Unicorn: A Tale of King Arthur | @AMAZON |
| 7-10- | Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) | Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep [Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the time she’s seven, the tireless girl can even outskip the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it many years later to save the children’s fabled skipping grounds from a greedy, factory-building lord?] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Joanne Findon | The Dream of Aengus | @AMAZON |
| 4-10 | Matt Faulkner | Jack and the Beanstalk | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Mary Finch | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Candace Fleming | Gator Gumbo [a new twist on The Little Red Hen] [cajun style] | @AMAZON |
| 4-10 | Linda Ford | Musings: Tales of Truth and Wisdom | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Toby Forward | The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood | @AMAZON |
| 4-10 | Frank G. Fox | Jean Laffite and the Big Ol' Whale [based on real character from Louisiana history.] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Fiona French | Jamil's Clever Cat: A Folk Tale from Bengal | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Paul Galdone (1907-1986) | Nursery Classics [The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, The Little Red Hen, and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee - all original words and images. Introduction/bio by Leonard Marcus] | @AMAZON |
| PreK
4-8 |
Paul Galdone | The Gingerbread
Boy
The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Three Bears The Little Red Hen Henny Penny What's in Fox's Sack: An Old English Tale |
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| 8-12 | Sherry Garland | Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam | @AMAZON |
| RES | Linda K. Garrity | The Tale Spinner : Folk Tales, Themes, and Activities | @AMAZON |
| 9-13 | Mary-Joan Gerson | Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folklore | @AMAZON |
| 10Up
6-10 |
Mordicai Gerstein | The Old Country [Inteview]
The White Ram: A Story of Abraham And Isaac [Old Testament Story/interpretation based on Midrashim] |
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| 5 Up | Gail Gibbons | Behold..the Unicorn [origins, mythology and folklore] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Mirra Ginsburg | Chinese Mirror (adapted from a Korean folk tale) | @AMAZON |
| Brian Gleeson | Finn McCoul (Irish) | @AMAZON | |
| 8-12 | Nikki Giovanni | The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited. Illustrated by Chris Raschka [Every year the Grasshoppers sing and play their instruments and the Ants work in rhythm to the music. The crops come up smoothly, and the Ants bring in the harvest to the Grasshoppers’ beat. But when winter comes, the Ants turn their backs on the Grasshoppers, and Jimmy Grasshopper finds this unfair. He’s hired Robin, Robin, Robin, and Wren to sue Abigail and Nestor Ant for what he deserves — R-E-S-P-E-C-T — and a one-half share of the harvest. But will a jury of his peers agree about the worth of art?] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Paul Goble | Star Boy (Blackfoot) | @AMAZON |
| 8-12 | Barbara Diamond Goldin | Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Lucia M. Gonzalex | The Bossy Gallito / El Gallito Bossy [bilingual][Latin American] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Pippa Goodhart | Arthur's Tractor: A Fairy Tale with Mechanical Parts | @AMAZON |
| 5-10 | Diane Goode | The Dinosaur's
New Clothes: A Retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen Tale
Diane Goode's Book of Giants and Little People |
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| 6-8 | Valeri Gorbachev | Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Ukrainian Folk Tale
Silly and Sillier: Read Aloud Tales from Around the World |
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| 6-8 | Kenneth Grahame | The Reluctant Dragon (Michael Hague, Illustrator) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Alvin Granowsky | Goldilocks and
the Three Bears/Bears Should Share! (Another Point of View)
Giants Have Feelings, Too/Jack and the Beanstalk (Another Point of View) Henny Penny/Brainy Bird Saves the Day! (Another Point of View) |
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| 5-8 | Grimes, Nikki | At Break of Day [A Creation Story] (2003) | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Grimm Brothers | Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A Classic IIlustrated Edition (compiled by Cooper Edens) (2007) [The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are among the most enduring and most beloved of all traditional tales. This beautifully designed collection contains "Cinderella," "Brave Little Tailor," "Snow White," and 12 more. Coupled with antique illustrations by such artists as Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Randolph Caldecott, these retellings are as fresh as springtime and as timeless as "happily ever after."] | @AMAZON |
| 7-9 | Jacob Grimm (Editor), et al | Hansel and Gretel
(Puffin Pied Piper)
Hansel and Gretel Little Red Cap Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Elves and the Shoemaker |
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| 4-8 | Steven Guarnaccia | Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Tale Moderne | @AMAZON |
| 8-11
9 Up |
Michael Hague | The Book of Fairies
The Book of Pirates |
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| 4-8 | Bruce Hale | Snoring Beauty [This story is just like the original Sleeping Beauty. Except for the sarcastic frog narrator, the garlic-scented fairy, and--oh yeah--the princess in this book not only sleeps and snores . . . she's also been turned into a hot-pink and purple dragon! | @AMAZON |
| 11 Up | Shannon Hale [Interview] | The Goose Girl [Lesson Plan]
Enna Burning [companion volume to The Goose] (2004) Princess Academy (2005) |
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| 5-9 | Amanda Hall | The Stolen Sun: A Story of Native Alaska [second chance for mankind] | @AMAZON |
| All | Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002)
See Newbery |
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl
The People Could Fly Picture Book and CD (Ages 6 and up) (Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, Knopf, 2007) [Author's Note: The People Could Fly is a detailed fantasy tale of suffering, of magic power exerted against the so-called Master and his underlings. Finally, it is a powerful testament to the millions of slaves who never had the opportunity to 'fly' away. They remained slaves, as did their children. The People Could Fly was first told and retold by those who had only their imaginations to set them free."' |
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| 5-7 | Jim Harris | Jack and the Giant: A Story Full of Beans | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Joel Chandler Harris | Jump Again!: More Adventures of Brer Rabbit | @AMAZON |
| 6 Up | Nathaniel Hawthorne | A
Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls
The Great Stone Face |
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| 10 Up | Marie Heaney | The Names upon the Harp Irish Myth and Legend | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Betsy Hearne, Editor | Beauties and Beasts: (The Oryx Multicultural folk tale Series) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Paul Heins (Translator) | Snow White | @AMAZON |
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| 5-8 | Marilyn Helmer | Three Tales of Adventure (Jack and the Beanstalk, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and Tom Thumb) (the right mix of story and illustration) | @AMAZON |
| 10 Up | Donald R. Hettinga | The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Rebecca Hickox | The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella | @AMAZON |
| 3 Up
5-8 |
Mary Ann Hoberman | There Once Was
a Man Named Michael Finnegan
The Marvelous Mouse Man [Adaptation of Pied Piper] |
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| 7-11 | Mary Hoffman | The Barefoot Book of Brother and Sister Tales | @AMAZON |
| 6 Up | Margaret Hodges | Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend | @AMAZON |
| Lily Toy Hong | Two of Everything: A Chinese folk tale | @AMAZON | |
| 4-8 | William H. Hooks | The Three Little Pigs and the Fox: An Appalachian Tale | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Kate Hovey | Ancient Voices [Greek Mythology] | @AMAZON |
| 6-10 | Mary Howitt (1799 to 1888) | The Spider and the Fly [Tony DiTerlizzi, Illustrator 2002] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Naomi Howland | The Matzah Man: A Passover Story [Gingerbread Man] | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Shirley Hughes | Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella [Ella takes happily ever after into her own hands/making choices] | @AMAZON |
| 6-9 | Jan & Phil Huling | Puss in Cowboy Boots | @AMAZON |
| 6-8 | Trina Schart Hyman | Little Red Riding Hood | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Alison Jackson | I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie | @AMAZON |
| 4 Up | Ellen B. Jackson | Scatterbrain Sam (Welsh) |
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| 4-8 | Ellen Jackson | Cinder Edna (modern Cinderella) [Readers Guide for Teachers/Librarians] | @AMAZON |
| 8-11 9-12 | Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin | While Standing on One Foot: Puzzle Stories and Wisdom Tales from the Jewish Tradition | @AMAZON |
| 7-10 | Jiang, Ji-li | The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven [Chinese Tale/bragging] | @AMAZON |
| 4-7
9-12 |
Nina Jaffe | The Way Meat
Loves Salt: A Cinderella Tale from the Jewish Tradition
Tales for the Seventh Day: A Collection of Sabbath Stories |
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| Randall Jarrell, Lore Segel, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) | The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm (October 2003) | @AMAZOM | |
| 4-8 | Paul Brett Johnson | Fearless Jack
(Appalachia)
A Perfect Pork Stew (Baba Yaga) |
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| 4-6 | Tony Johnston | The Cowboy and
the Black-Eyed Pea
Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Witch of Santa Fe (Baba Yaga) |
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| 4-8 | Kathryn Lasky | The Emperor's Old Clothes | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Mary E. Lyons | Roy Makes a Car (Based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston) [African-American tall tale] [extensive text and author's notes] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Steven Kellogg | The Three Sillies
Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale Jack and the Beanstalk Chicken Little The Three Little Pigs |
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| 9+
9+ 4-10 5-9 4-8 4-8 |
Eric A. Kimmel | The Hero Beowulf
The Goose Girl Anansi Goes Fishing (West African) The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol (Yiddish) Onions and Garlic: An Old Tale Anansi and the Talking Melon Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock Rimonah of the Flashing Sword: A North African Tale The Castle of Cats: A Story from Ukraine The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend From Alaska The Lady in the Blue Cloak: Legends from the Texas Missions The Three Cabritos [The Three Billy Goats Gruff, with a Texas twist] The McElderry Book of Greek Myths [12 classics from Pandora to Icarus with his wings of wax, and King Midas.] Ages 8-10 |
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| 4 Up | Frances Kelley | Pandora's Box - The Fisherman And His Wife - The Boy Who Cried Wolf -The Nutcracker And The Mouse King (Stories to Stir the Imagination) | @AMAZON |
| 4 -8 | Cristina Kessler | The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa | @AMAZON |
| 10-14 | Patrice Kindl | Goose Chase | @AMAZON |
| 8 Up
6-9 |
Eric Kimmel | Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow: Stories About Saints and Animals
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock [trickster tale] |
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| 4-8 | Lincoln Kirstein | Puss in Boots | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Hilary Knight | Hilary Knight's Cinderella | @AMAZON |
| All | Kathleen Krull | A Pot O' Gold: A Treasury Of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore, And (of Course) Blarney | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Jane Kurtz | Trouble [curiosity, adventure,staying out of trouble] | @AMAZON |
| All | William Lach (Editor),
featuring the art of Richard Doyle (1824-1883) |
Fairyland In Art and Poetry: From the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| 4-8 | Donivee Laird | Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark |
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| 4-8 | Jim LaMarche | The Elves and the Shoemaker (German Folklore) |
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| 4-8 | Julie Larios | Imaginary Menagerie: A Book of Curious Creatures [Centaurs, mermaids, and other curious creatures populate these wondrous poems and paintings, inspired by a mythological world full of imagination and mystery. End-notes about cultures and legends are a perfect conclusion for this beautifully illustrated book.] Ages 6-9 |
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| 4-8 | Ian Lendler | An Undone Fairy Tale |
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| 9 Up
5-9 |
Julius Lester | The Tales of
Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Ackamarackus: Julius Lester's Sumptuously Silly Fantastically Funny Fables |
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| 10-13 | Gail Carson Levine | Ella Enchanted
(Newbery Honor Book)
Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (Princess/Pea) Betsy Who Cried Wolf! [a wolf with a plan] |
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| 10-13 | Betty Bonham Lies | Earth's Daughters: Stories of Women in Classical Mythology | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Ai-Ling Louie | Yeh Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (oldest version of Cinderella) | @AMAZON |
| PreK | Rosanne Litzinger | You Can't Catch Me (Gingerbread Man) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Alice Low | The MacMillan Book of Greek Gods and Heroes | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Susan Lowell | The Three Little
Javelinas (Southwestern)
Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella |
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| All
4-8 |
Hugh Lupton | Tales of Wisdom
and Wonder
The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud [Seven tales from seven cultures] Pirican Pic and Pirican Mor [Scottish Folktale] The Gingerbread Man |
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| 4-8 | Alison Lurie | Black Geese: A Baba Yaga Story From Russia | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Geraldine MacAughrean | Grandma Chickenlegs (Baba Yaga) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Amy MacDonald | Please, Malese: A Trickster Tale from Haiti | @AMAZON |
| 3-8 | Margaret Read MacDonald | Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!: A Palestinian Folktale [a woman wishes for a child to love, "even if it is nothing more than a cooking pot." Her wish comes true,] | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Eric Maddern | Death in a Nut [Scottish Folktale] [Life and Death]
The Fire Children: A West African Folk Tale [tale that explains why people come in so many different colors] The King With Horse's Ears [folk tale found in Wales, Ireland, India, Eastern Europe and North Africa.][keeping secrets that want to be told] |
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| YA+ | Gregory Maguire | Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister | @AMAZON |
| All | Raouf Mama | The Barefoot Book of Tropical Tales (Afro-Caribbean) | @AMAZON |
| 6-9 | Anthong L. Manna, Christodoula Mitakidou | Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | James Marshall | Goldilocks and
the Three Bears
Red Riding Hood Hansel and Gretel |
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| 8 Up
6-9 9-12 |
Rafe Martin | The Rough-Face Girl (Algonquin Cinderella)
The Shark God (retelling of Hawaiian legend) [justice and compassion] Birdwing (Birdwing begins where Grimm's The Six Swans end) [self-acceptance/differences] |
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| 4-8 | Jean Marzollo | Little Bear, You're a Star!: A Greek Myth (retelling) | @AMAZON |
| 6-10 | John Matthews | The Barefoot
Book of Giants, Ghosts and Goblins: Traditional Tales from Around the World
[Teacher Activities] |
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| 6-10 | Caitlin Matthews | The Barefoot
Book of Princesses [Teacher
Activities]
The Blessing Seed: A Creation Myth for the New Millennium |
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| 10 up | John and Caitlin Matthews | Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales [This truly diverse, elegantly illustrated collection (Tomislav Tomic, Illustrator) follows such clever characters as Anansi, Coyote, Brer Rabbit, and others who play a role in a multicultural array of storytelling traditions, from African to Inuit to European, Tibetan to Native American to Japanese.] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Marianna Mayer | Beauty and the Beast
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave Twelve Dancing Princesses |
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| 5-8 | Angela McAllister | Barkus, Sly and the Golden Egg | @AMAZON |
| 3-5 | Michael McCarthy | The Story of Noah and the Ark | @AMAZON |
| 9 Up | Geraldine McCaughrean | Greek Myths
Roman Myths The Silver Treasure: Myths and Legends of the World |
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| 4-8
6 Up 4-8 |
Gerald McDermott | CREATION (September 2003)
Jabut & the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti Zomo the Rabbit:A Trickster Tale from West Africa [see Spanish Translation] Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest |
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| 4-8 | Ann McGovern | Stone Soup (French) | @AMAZON |
| YA | Robin McKinley | Beauty: A Retelling
of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Rose Daughter (Re-exploring Beauty and the Beast) Spindle's End (Sleeping Beauty) |
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| 4-8 | Patricia McKissack | Flossie and the
Fox [Lesson Plan 1and
2]
Precious and the Boo Hag [African-American fiction/tall tale/about courage] |
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| 5-8 | Betty Miles | The Sky Is Falling (Ready-To-Read) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Marianne Mitchell | Joe Cinders [Southwestern Cinderfella] | @AMAZON |
| 5-8 | Stephen Mitchell | Iron Hans [Grimms' Fairy Tale retold]
The Ugly Duckling [Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tale retold] Superbly illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher] |
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| 7-9 | Jacqueline Mitton | Zodiac: Celestial Circle of the Sun [beautifully illustrated book teaches young readers about the twelve constellations and the stars that form them. Packed with astronomical facts/explains the celestial phenomena that form the basis for study of astronomy. Every constellation is accompanied by an interesting tale] | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Walter McVitty | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Tololwa M. Mollel | Ananse's Feast: An Ashanti Tale | @AMAZON |
| 5-9 | Marisa Montes | Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Arlene Mosel | Tikki Tikki Tembo (Chinese) | @AMAZON |
| 4-8 | Barry Moser | The Three Little Pigs | @AMAZON |
| 3-8 | Chuck Murphy | Jack and the Beanstalk: Illustrated in Three Dimensions ( Pop-Up) | @AMAZON |
| 6-10
9-12 |
Burleigh Muten | Grandmothers'
Stories: Wise Woman Tales from Many Cultures
The Lady of Ten Thousand Faces: Goddess Stories from Many Cultures |
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| 3-8 | Jon J. Muth | Stone Soup [retelling/Zen Monks in China] | @AMAZON |
| 6-10 | Christopher Myers | Lies and Other Tall Tales (collected by Zora Neale Hurston) [Southern folklore] | @AMAZON |
| 10-14
YA
|
Donna Jo Napoli | Crazy Jack (twist of Jack and the Beanstalk)
Spinners (based on Rumpelstiltskin) Zel (based on Rapunzel) Beast The Magic Circle (Hansel and Gretel) The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known As De Fawg Pin Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace Ugly (retelling of Hans Christian Andersens The Ugly Duckling) |
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| 5-8 | Jerdine Nolen | Thunder Rose [American Tall Tale/Old West/Post Civil War/African-American girl]
Big Jabe [Original Tale - African-American hero with the strength of fifty men, big heart, and a mysterious gift for spiriting slaves away to freedom] |
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| 9-12 | Howard Norman | The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North (Inuit)
Between Heaven and Earth: Bird Tales from Around the World (Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon) |
