A List of Fractured Fairytales

In the primary grades, students enjoy listening and re-listening to fairy tales. As students enter grades four and up, fractured fairy tales become a favourite. Below is a list for teachers (and parents) looking for books:

Jack and the Beanstalk, a fractured fairy tale...

New Fairy Tales and Fractured Fairy Tales:

Adda, Alma Flor.  Dear Peter Rabbit

Ahlberg, Allen.  Ten in a Bed

Ahlberg, Janet.  Each Peach Pear Plum

Ahlbert, Janet.  The Jolly Postman

Ahlbert, Janet.  The Jolly Christmas Postman

Atwood, Margaret.  Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut

Auch, Mary Jane.  The Princess and the Pizza

Bang, Molly.  Dawn

Berenzy, Alix.  The Frog Prince

Briggs, Raymond.  Jim and the Beanstalk

Brooke, William.  Teller of Tales

Brooke, William.  The Untold Tales

Buehner, Caralyn.  Fanny’s Dream

Celsi, Tresa.  The Fourth Little Pig

Cole, Babette.  Prince Cinders

Cole, Babette.  Princess Smartypants.

Cole, Brock.  Buttons

Cole, Brock.  The Giant’s Toe

Cole, Brock.  Ashpet

DeFelice, Cynthia.  Mule Eggs

Edwards, Pamela.  Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale

Emberley, Michael.  Ruby

Emberley, Rebecca.  Three Cool Kids

Ernst, Lisa.  Little Red riding Hood:  A Newfangled Prairie Tale

Fearnley, Jan.  Mr. Wolf’s Pancakes

Fleischman, Sid.  McBroom and the Beanstalk

French, Fiona.  Snow White in New York

Goode, Diane.  Dinosaur’s New Clothes

Gwynne, Fred.  Pondlarker

Haddix, Margaret.  Just Ella

Harris, Jim.  Jack and the Giant: A Story Full of Beans

Hartman, Bob.  The Wolf Who Cried Boy

Hassett, John.  The Three Silly Girls Grubb

Holub, Joan.  Cinderdog and the Wicked Stepcat

Hooks, William.  The Three Little Pigs and the Fox

Huck, Charlotte.  Princess Furball

Jackson, Ellen.  Cinder-Edna

Johnston, Tony.  Alice Nizzy Nazzy:  The Witch of Santa Fe

Johnston, Tony.  Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella

Johnston, Tony.  The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea

Kaye, M. M.  The Ordinary Princess

Kellogg, Steven.  Chicken Little

Krensky, Stephen.  The Missing Mother Goose

Lee, Tanith.  Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises

Levine, Gail Carson.  Ella Enchanted

Little, Jean.  Once Upon a Golden Apple

Lowelle, Susan.  Bootmaker and the Elves

Lowell, Susan.  Little Red Cowboy Hat.

Lowell, Susan.  The Three Little Javelinas

McCaughrean, Geraldine.  Grandma Chickenlegs

McKinley, Robin.  Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Meddaugh, Susan.  Hoe-Eye

Minters, Frances.  Cinder-Elly

Minters, Frances.  Sleepless Beauty

Mossie, Diane.  Briar Rose and the Golden Eggs

Munsch, Robert.  The Paper Bag Princess

Napoli, Donna Jo.  Jimmy, The Pick Pocket of the Palace

Napoli, Donna Jo.  The Magic Circle

Napoli, Donna Jo.  Zil

Napoli, Donna Jo.  The Prince of the Pond

Nesbit, E.  Melisande

O’Neal, Shaquille.  Shaq and the Beanstalk and Other Very Tall Tales

Opperheim, Joanne.  “Not Now!” said the Cow

Palatini, Maggie.  Piggie Pie

Palatini, Maggie.  The Three Silly Billies

Ross, Tony.  Mrs. Goat and Her Seven Little Kids

Scieszka, Jon.  The Book That Jack Wrote

Scieszka, Jon.  The Frog Prince Continued

Scieszka, Jon.  The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Scieszka, Jon.  Squids Will Be Squids

Scieszka, Jon.  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Stanley, Diane.  Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter

Tolhurst, Marilyn.  Somebody and the Three Blairs

Trivizas, Eugene.  The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

Turkle, Brinton.  Deep in the Forest

Van Woerkom, Dorothy.  The Queen Who Couldn’t Bake Gingerbread

Vozar, David.  Yo, Hungry Wolf

Waddel, Martin.  The Tough Princess

Wahl, Jan.  The Prince Who Was a Fish

Wegman, Cinderella.  Cinderella

Wegman, Cinderella.  Little Red Riding Hood

Williams, Jay.  Petronella

Williams, Jay.  The Practical Princess

Williams, Jay.  School for Sillies

Wolff, Patricia.  The Toll-Bridge Troll

Yoeman, John.  The Wild Washerwoman

Yolen, Jane.  Sleeping Ugly

Yolen, Jane.  The Simple Prince

Youngquist, Cathrene.  The Three Billygoats Gruff and the Mean Calypso Joe