13+ Books That Put a Spin on Classic Fairy Tales

Goldy is only supposed to be dropping off turnip cakes at the Chans' house. Soon, though, she's eating the littlest panda's rice porridge, breaking his rocking chair, and rumpling all the blankets on his futon. When Goldy takes responsibility for her actions, she makes a new friend (and a whole plate of turnip cakes!) just in time for Chinese New Year.

A classic rhyme with a twist, this retelling features gorgeous, Peruvian-inspired illustrations.

It's bedtime for the little red chicken, and Papa starts reading her a story, but she can't help herself. As soon as the story gets going, out jumps the little red chicken, right into the story, saving characters from danger and ending the story early.

Presented in English and Spanish, the story of Goldilocks gets a new heroine.

A sweet mom bakes a very special cookie just for her daughter. But the Gingerbread Bear escapes, and runs all over Woodlands National Park! The Gingerbread Bear is quick and manages to escape everyone who tries to catch him. But when a clever park ranger, a few campers, and some wildlife friends all come together, perhaps this tricky treat can be tamed after all.

Mama tells her three little fish that it's time to seek their fortunes. Jim builds a house of seaweed, but the big bad shark munches it up. Tim builds a house of sand, but the shark crunches it up. It's smart Kim who sets up house in an old sunken ship!

"Little fish, little fish, let me come in."

"Not by the skin of my finny fin fin!"

"Then I'll munch, and I'll crunch, and I'll smash your house in!"

Children will delight in this silly story with funny, eye-popping illustrations and foil on the cover!

When the Three Little Superpigs move to Fairyland in search of becoming real superheroes their peaceful days in their newly built homes are short-lived once the Big Bad Wolf turns up to mischief!

In this reinvention of a classic, a hot pepper pie steals the show.

Little ones will giggle with delight as they anticipate the arrival of the terrible troll in this hilarious twist on a timeless favorite.

Princess falls through the refrigerator into the Land of Fake-Believe and meets Moldylocks, who takes her to the home of the Three Beards for chili. The girls sit in the Beards' chairs, eat their chili, and jump on their beds. The Three Beards are not happy when they get home - and they are very, very hungry! When the Beards capture Moldylocks, Princess must come up with a plan to save her. Will Moldylocks and Princess go into the chili pot? With easy-to-read text and engaging full-color artwork throughout, kids will be drawn right into this very funny land of fractured fairy tales!

Once upon a planetoid,
amid her tools and sprockets,
a girl named Cinderella dreamed
of fixing fancy rockets.
With a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella is going to the ball. But when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble, someone will have to zoom to the rescue! Readers will thank their lucky stars for this irrepressible fairy-tale retelling, its independent heroine, and its stellar happy ending.

The big bad wolf has spent ten years in pig prison for the destruction of the three little pigs, and he has quite a story to tell that just might prove his innocence!

Bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and award-winning illustrator Anu Chouhan join forces to bring us this vibrant, action-packed, enchanting graphic novel adventure that will appeal to fans of fairy tales, Raina Telgemeier, The Land of Stories, and all magical, empowering adventures.

Things at Fairy Tale Reform School are great. Rumpelstiltskin has been ousted, and everyone is buzzing about the fact that Beauty and Prince Sebastian (aka the Beast) have joined the teaching staff. Everyone, that is, except Gilly, who can't seem to focus on anything but Anna. How is it that her beloved sister somehow went bad and joined up with Rump? And why doesn't anyone seem to care? Sure, the Royal Court says they're working on it, but they've got exactly nothing to show for it.