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Lexile/Reading Level
AD520L

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction | Picture Book

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Goldilocks and the Three bears

“With the same delightfully irreverent spirit that he brought to his retellings of Little Red Riding Hood, Marshall enlivens another favorite. . . . The illustrations are fraught with delicious humor and detail. Like its predecessor, perfect for several uses, from picture book hour to beginning reading.”–Kirkus Reviews. Caldecott Honor Medal.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1040L

English Fairy Tales

A collection of English fairy tales compiled by Joseph Jacobs, featuring the following:
I. TOM TIT TOT
II. THE THREE SILLIES
III. THE ROSE-TREE
IV. THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG
V. HOW JACK WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
VI. MR. VINEGAR
VII. NIX NOUGHT NOTHING
VIII. JACK HANNAFORD
IX. BINNORIE
X. MOUSE AND MOUSER
XI. CAP O’ RUSHES
XII. TEENY-TINY
XIII. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
XIV. THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
XV. THE MASTER AND HIS PUPIL
XVI. TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE
XVII. JACK AND HIS GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX
XVIII. THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
XIX. JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
XX. HENNY-PENNY
XXI. CHILDE ROWLAND
XXII. MOLLY WHUPPIE
XXIII. THE RED ETTIN
XXIV. THE GOLDEN ARM
XXV. THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB
XXVI. MR. FOX
XXVII. LAZY JACK
XXVIII. JOHNNY-CAKE
XXIX. EARL MAR’S DAUGHTER
XXX. MR. MIACCA
XXXI. WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
XXXII. THE STRANGE VISITOR
XXXIII. THE LAIDLY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGH
XXXIV. THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.
XXXV. THE FISH AND THE RING.
XXXVI. THE MAGPIE’S NEST
XXXVII. KATE CRACKERNUTS
XXXVIII. THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON
XXXIX. THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK
XL. FAIRY OINTMENT
XLI. THE WELL OF THE WORLD’S END.
XLII. MASTER OF ALL MASTERS.
XLIII. THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL

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Lexile/Reading Level
860L

Andersen Fairy Tales

Originally published in 1991, this collection of classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen has been illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Arthur Szyk. Bright illustrated endpapers, ten full page color illustrations and numerous black and white.

Stories included:
“The Garden of Paradise”
“Little Tiny”
“The Fir Tree”
“The Storks”
“Little Ida’s Flowers”
“The Red Shoes”
“The Ugly Duckling”
“The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf”
“The Bottle Neck”
“The Snow Queen”
“The Marsh King’s Daughter”
“The Wild Swans”
“Great Claus and Little Claus”
“The Shepherdess and the Sweep”
“The Bell”
“The Angel”
“The Nightengale”
“Holger the Dane”
“The Emperor’s New Clothes”
“The Steadfast Tin Soldier”
“The Little Match Girl”
“The Swineherd”
“Elder-Tree Mother”
“Hans Clodhopper”
“The Princess and the Pea”
“What the Good Man Does Is Always Right”
“The Roses and the Sparrows”
“The Old Street Lamp”
“The Tinder Box”

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Lexile/Reading Level
1120L

Red Fairy Book (Coloured Fairy Books #2)

Author: Part of a Series:

37 tales include Grimms The Three Dwarfs, Mother Hole, The Golden Goose. Also Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, the Ratcatcher (the Pied Piper), Snowdrop (Snow White), The Voice of Death, The Enchanted Pig, The Master Thief, from France, Russia, Denmark, Romania, and Norse Sigurd and Brynhild. 97 illustrations.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1150L

Genre/Category
Classics | Fairy Tales | Fantasy | Fiction

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Grimm’s Fairy Tales

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children — and adults — learn about the vagaries of the real world.

Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of more than 200 enchanting characters included here.

Lyrically translated and beautifully illustrated, the tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging.

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Lexile/Reading Level
AD940L Recommended for Preschool-3 Grade

Talking eggs: a folktale from the American South

This is a spellbinding tale of two sisters, their mother, an old witch- woman, some very odd animals and a whole lot of talking eggs. It is based on a Creole folktale and captures the flavour of the American South.
The illustrations are beautiful and can be enjoyed by readers of all ages.

It is a story which highlights the virtues of kindness and generosity and the dangers of greed; A wonderful moral teaching lesson for everyone.

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Lexile/Reading Level
670L Recommended for Preschool-3 Grade

Genre/Category
Fairy Tales | Fantasy | Fiction

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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

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This is a version of the “The Little Red Riding Hood” from China about three siblings whose mother leaves to visit their grandmother. This book is a 1990 Caldecott Medal winner. The wolf sees the mother leave and approaches the house pretending to be the grandmother. In the end, the children out smart the wolf.

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Lexile/Reading Level
860L

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction | Historical

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I, Coriander

In this exceptionally well-crafted tale, Coriander tells the story of her childhood in seventeenth-century London, and of her discovery that she has inherited magical powers from her mother, who was a fairy princess. But her mother’s sudden death brings on a dark time for Coriander, and after mourning her beloved mother and dealing with the disappearance of her father and the wrath of her evil stepmother, Coriander finds herself locked in a chest with no hope of escape and no will to survive. But when a bright light beckons to her, it is then that Coriander’s journey truly begins. Beautifully written, this magical and luminous story is destined to become a children’s classic.

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Lexile/Reading Level
760L Recommended for 7-10 Grade

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Earthly Knight, An

A cloud has descended over the household of Lady Jeanette Avenel.

The year is 1162. Sixteen-year-old Jenny has always enjoyed her freedom as second daughter of a Norman nobleman in Teviotdale, Scotland. But when Jenny’s sister, Isabel, disgraces the family by running away with a dangerous suitor, Jenny is thrust reluctantly into the role of elder daughter. While Jenny worries about her sister’s future, her father’s attention turns keenly toward Jenny, and finding her a worthy suitor.

When Jenny is chosen as a potential bride for William de Warenne, brother of the king of Scotland and heir to the crown, redemption of her family’s name seems within reach. Amid formal banquets and jousting tournaments, she struggles to impress the aloof Earl William. At the same time, however, she finds herself drawn to Tam Lin, a mysterious young man. Rumored to have been kidnapped by fairies, Tam harbors a dark secret from his past that threatens everyone close to him . . . including Jenny.

Glimmering with exquisite detail, Janet McNaughton’s beautifully woven story transports readers to a magical medieval world where one young woman navigates the forceful tides of tradition and the ancient power of fairies to define her own destiny.

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Lexile/Reading Level
520L Recommended for Preschool-2 Grade

Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid tales

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The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and picures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. The individual tales, such as he Really Ugly Ducklingand ittle Red Running Shorts,can be extracted for telling aloud, with great success. Another masterpiece from the team that created The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!

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