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Fractured Fairytales

The books in this category are considered fractured fairytales because the stories are based on traditional fairytales but are transformed into a new story by changes to the characters or plot.

 

Yours Truly, Goldilocks by Alma Flor Ada

Cinderelephant by Emma Dodd

The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman

Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella by Tony Johnston

Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Osborne

Sleeping Bobby by Will and Mary Osborne

The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas by Tony Wilson

 

 

 

More about fractured fairytales...

“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Are you overdone yet?” 
― Charlotte Henley Babb

 

 

Fairytales are timeless stories that are more than worth telling again, especially when they are changed and spiced up. Many fractured fairytales are new stories in themselves but involve familiar settings and characters as well as references to traditional literature.

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