fairy tales

In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," set in Ghana, a young girl fails to heed Granny's warning about the dangers of talking to strangers.

Princess Crystal is given a magical locket for her birthday, and the wicked witch kidnaps Crystal, hoping to steal the locket and use it for her own gain, but Crystal, who used the locket's powers to help her friends, finds her kindness repaid as the prince helps her escape.

Aladdin is a ragged, street smart youth who dreams of a better life and a chance to win the heart of the sultan's daughter, Princess Jasmine.

Practically-perfect twelve-year-old Victoria Wright must lie, sneak, and break the rules when her investigation of the disappearance of her best--and only--friend, Lawrence, reveals dark secrets about her town and the orphanage run by the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish.

"The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father, the sea king; her grandmother and her five elder sisters. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the surface every year. When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she ventures to the surface, sees a ship with a handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a distance"--Amazon.

A wordless picture book gives a fractured fairy tale retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with references to other fairy tales hidden throughout. Little Red has baked a cake with his father, and is on the way to Grandma's house to deliver it only to be trailed by a cat who loves cake.

The magic mirror has a crack and it sends Abby, Jonah, and Prince into the mixed up tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and they soon find that Goldy is in need of a lot of gold to get her father out of jail, and so they find themselves negotiating between the Bears, who want honey, and Rumpelstiltskin, who just wants a friend or two--but King Ned is just plain greedy and somehow the children and Goldy's father have to escape from the king's jail, and get back to the portal to return home.

Presents a collection of Jewish folktales accompanied by Jewish recipes for children.

"With Finch's help, Alice escaped the Hinterland and her reclusive grandmother's dark legacy. Now she and the rest of the dregs of the fairy tale world have washed up in New York City, where Alice is trying to make a new, unmagical life. But something is stalking the Hinterland's survivors--and she suspects their deaths may have a darker purpose. Meanwhile, in the winking out world of the Hinterland, Finch seeks his own adventure, and a way back home"--OCLC.

"Award-winning writer and storyteller, Karim Alrawi, draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture to create original stories that are a feast for young imaginations. Told with intriguing details, the tales take young readers on a ... cultural journey and invite them to consider an Arab perspective. Each tale symbolically incorporates food and concludes with a traditional recipe, ... with colorful folkloric illustrations, making this a literary banquet to savor with family and friends across generations time and again" -- Amazon.