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Fairy Tale & Folk Tale Retellings



I've recently been reading a lot of fairy tale & folk tale retellings, so I thought I'd create a short list of others and the tale they are based on.


Ahdieh, Renee                        The Wrath & the Dawn          Arabian Nights
                                                The Rose & the Dagger


Meyer, Marissa            Cinder                                     Cinderella
                                     Scarlet                                     Red Riding Hood
                                     Cress                                       Rapunzel
                                     Winter                                     Snow White

Flinn, Alex                  Beastly                                    Beauty & the Beast
                                    Cloaked                                   Various           
                                    Towering                                 Rapunzel        
                                    A Kiss in Time                        Sleeping Beauty
                                    Mirrored                                  Snow Witch

Levine, Gail Carson    Fairest                                     Snow White

Napoli, Donna Jo        Bound                                     Cinderella

George, Jessica Day    Princes of the Midnight Ball   Twelve Princesses
                                    Princess of Glass

Gaughen, A.C.            Scarlet                                       Red Riding Hood

Kontis, Alethea           Enchanted                               Various

Cornwell, Betsy          Mechanica                               Cinderella

Dokey, Cameron         Belle                                        Beauty & the Beast
                                    Wild Orchid                             Mulan
                                    Before Midnight                      Cinderella       
                                    Golden                                     Rapunzel
                                    Beauty Sleep                           Sleeping Beauty

Lo, Malinda                Ash                                          Cinderella

Shusterman, Neal        Red Rider’s Hood                  Red Riding Hood
                                    Duckling Ugly                        Ugly Duckling

Sheehan, Anna            A Long, Long Sleep                Sleeping Beauty
Jay, Stacey                  Princess of Thorns                   Sleeping Beauty

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