Best of
Fractured-Fairy-Tales

2009

Little Red Hood


Marjolaine Leray - 2009
    The wolf is still big and bad, but he also happens to be really, really dumb. Little Red Hood questions the wolf's personal hygiene before tricking her predator into his demise. This is one savvy little red hood.

The Three Little Gators


Helen Ketteman - 2009
    Three little gators strike out on their own in an east Texas swamp. Their mother warns them to build strong houses that can protect them from Big-bottomed Boar, who likes to eat tasty, tender gators for his snack. Soon, First Gator builds himself a nice house out of rocks. Second Gator reckons rocks are too much work, so he builds his house with sticks. And Third Gator’s house of sand is the easiest one to build! But soon Big-bottomed Boar shows up. With a bump, bump, bump of the fierce boar's rump, he knocks over Third Gator's house of sand. It doesn't take long for that rump to bump Second Gator's house of sticks. But he can't knock over Third Gator's house of stones, so he tries another way in - through the chimney! Guess what happens to the Boar's rump after that?!

The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas


Tony Wilson - 2009
    His dream girl shows up unexpectedly in the form of his old friend Pippa, who is all too happy to pitch a tent or play a hard game of hockey, after which she finds the perfect use for that packet of peas! In this twist on the fairy tale, Tony Wilson and Sue DeGenarro deliver a freshly humorous take on one prince s search for the just-right girl of his dreams.

Baa Baa Black Sheep Leveled Text


Vincent Vigla - 2009
    How much wool will Baa Baa sell? Read this B102 to find out.

Terrible Tales: The Absolutely, Positively, 100 Percent True Stories Of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Those Three Greedy Pigs, Hairy Rapunzel, And ... And Gretel As Told At The Beginning Of Time


Jennifer Quaggin - 2009
    Between its miserable covers, you will find the absolutely true tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, the Three Little Pigs, and Red Riding Hood. By true, I mean they're not the old, lying, deceiving fairy tales that most likely tricked you into believing that only good-looking, royal-type people, talking pigs, or poor wee tikes with evil stepmothers could ever find love, joy, and delicious things to eat. That is as false as false can be. If you want to live happily ever after and skip through each day with a light, carefree heart; read this terrifying book and discover the true secret of life.But be warned. If you do read it, and you choose to ignore the lessons it contains, you will find yourself in terrible danger. And if you don't read it, you'll be in even more trouble. So you'd better read it.Your friend, Hopefully in good but more likely in bad, Sir Jasper Gowlings

The Three Little Tamales


Eric A. Kimmel - 2009
    "You’ll be eaten. You’d better run!" he tells them. And so the tamales jump out the window. The first runs to the prairie and builds a house of sagebrush. The second runs to a cornfield and builds a house of cornstalks. The third runs to the desrt and builds a house of cactus. Then who should come along but Señor Lobo, the Big Bad Wolf, who plans to blow their houses down!Valeria Docampo’s oil-and-pencil illustrations add zest and humor to this rollicking southwestern version of a popular tale.