Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
Atheneum c2000
Set in Persia, this twist on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast" is told from the point of view of the beast.
YT FICTION NAP
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollinsPublishers c1997
Based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
YT SCI_FI FANTASY LEV
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury 2003
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
YA FICTION HAL
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Simon & Schuster c1999
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
YT FICITON HAD
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Harcourt 2004
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
PB YT FICITON FER
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
Macmillan USA c1995
A retelling of classic fairy tales, without any materials that might offend wolves, princes, frogs or anyone else.
817.54 GAR
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Harcourt 1973
The classic fairy tale with princes, princesses, fighting, fencing and true romance.
FICTION GOL
The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block
HarperCollins Publishers, c2000
Nine classic fairy tales set in modern, magical landscapes and retold with a twist.
PB YA FICTION BLO
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
Greenwillow Books c1997
Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay, and through her love he is released from the curse that had turned him from man to beast.
YA FICTION MCK
Rhyme Stew by Roald Dahl
Viking, 1990
An illustrated collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewered nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas.
821.914 DAH
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Ace Books, c2000
A retelling of Sleeping Beauty, Rosie is whisked away from her curse and starts wearing leather pants and talking to animals -- all working toward that fateful kiss.
PB YA FICTION MCK
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
Simon & Schuster c2002
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny
YA FICTION BLA
Wolf at the Door: and Other Retold Fairy Tales
Simon & Schuster c2000
Thirteen twisted fairy tales are presented by top writers of today.
YT FICTION WOL
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Dutton c1996
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the prince, and delves into the psychological motivations of the characters.
YA FICITON NAP
