Childrens Booklist for Fairy Tale Variations

Fairy Tale variations are a fun group of books to have.  Everyone knows the basic Fairy Tales; they have been told for generations and will continue to be told for years to come.  What is fun is to read the stories that have a spin on them, the ones that have a slight variation.  There are so many great books out there; it was hard to pick just 10, but here they are...

1. Super Red Riding Hood

By:  Claudia Davila

This book follows the basic story of Little Red Riding Hood.  But when she puts on her red cloak, she becomes SUPER Red Riding Hood!

2. The Rockabilly Goats Gruff

By:  Jeff Crosby

Three Billy goats that love honky-tonk music turn the mean, grumpy troll into a rockabilly music fan.

3. Cinderella: A Fashionable Tale

By: Steven Guarnaccia

This book is based on the exact story of Cinderella.  But Steven Guarnaccia gives Cinderella a modern 20th century makeover complete with couture designs, Prada inspired slippers, Vivienne Westwood-inspired ball gown, and lots of accessories!

4. Little Red Writing

By: Joan Holub

A little Red Pencil makes her way through all of the difficulties of writing a story. 

5. The Princess and the Peas

By: Caryl Hart

Lily-Rose May will not eat peas, no matter what!  She is diagnosed with Princess-itus and is sent to live in a palace.  But unfortunately, the only food for princesses in the palace is peas! 

6. Goldie Locks has Chicken Pox

By: Erin Dealey

Goldie Locks comes down with Chicken Pox.  All of her storybook friends come by for a visit to see how she is doing.  Goldie Locks' brother begins to get jealous of all of the attention she is receiving, but suddenly all eyes are on him.

7. Big Bad Wolf is Good

By: Simon Puttock

The Big Bad Wolf decides that he will no longer be lonely if he changes into the Big Good Wolf.  Unfortunately, no one wants to give him a chance and is still afraid of the wolf.  He decides to go back to his bad ways, but is then faced with a decision to be good or bad...

8. Fractured Fairy Tales

By: A.J. Jacobs

This book has a collection of 25 retelling of classic fairy tales that are funny, twisted and satirical.  Some stories include; Pinocchio, Jack and the Beanstalk, and King Midas.

9. The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School

By:  Laura Murray

The classes freshly baked Gingerbread Man is left behind while the class heads out to recess.  He decides to try to find them, "I can catch them! I'm their Gingerbread Man!"  He does get a little help from employees at the school, but eventually he does find his class.

10. The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza

By: Philemon Sturges

The hen decides she would like to make a pizza after seeing a can of tomato sauce in her pantry.  She has to go shopping for the ingredients, make the dough, put the topping on and mostly by herself.  Until her friends finally decide to help her out in very suprising way!

Fairy Tales have always been a personal favorite of mine.  Reading variations of them can add new life to an old story.  A lot of the new stories have funny twists to them that make them quite comical, even for adults.  Like I said before, it was difficult to narrow a the list down to 10; there are so many great Fairy Tales Book Variations out there.