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Pigling: A Cinderella Story: a Korean Tale
Dan Jolley (2008), 48 pages
Illustrated by Anne Timmons
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
When Pear Blossom was born, a pear tree was planted in her honor. As each season passed the tree grew and provided a different splendor. Pear Blossom also grew and became a beautiful young girl. Sadly her mother dies and her father remarries an awful woman with a daughter of her own. The stepmother rudely calls Pear Blossom by the name Pigling and asks her to perform impossible tasks. Magical creatures appear and quickly complete the chores. After the field is weeded by a magical ox, she sets out to attend the festival in town. On her way she loses her slipper and is frightened by the magistrate's caravan. The magistrate immediately falls in love with the girl and seeks the girl who is missing a slipper. They marry and to Pear Blossom's surprise there are Pear trees growing in the courtyard of the grand house. This is the Korean version of Cinderella written in Graphic novel format.
Reviewed by: rn
Date read: 3/24/2010
ISBN-10: 0822571749
ISBN-13: 9780822571742
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Prince of Ireland and the Three Magic Stallions
Bryce Milligan (2003), 32 pages
Illustrated by Preston McDaniels
Audience: 1st Grade - 2nd Grade
In a retelling of an Irish folktale, the prince of Ireland's stepmother curses him to stay no longer than two nights anywhere until he brings her giant's horses from the western edge of the world. This tale is full of adventure, magic, giants and a story within the story.
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 7/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0823415732
ISBN-13: 9780823415731
Princess and the Pea
Harriet Ziefert (1996), 32 pages
Illustrated by Emily Bolam
Audience: K - 1st Grade
A prince cannot find a true princess to marry. Then one night, a new princess shows up at the castle. Will his mother's trick to find out if she's a real princess work? Read the famous story of the Princess and the Pea rewritten for early readers. (Reading Level: 1.8)
Book Series: Puffin Easy-to-Read
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 6/29/2011
ISBN-10: 0670860549
ISBN-13: 9780670860548
Rapunzel's Revenge
Shannon Hale (2008), 144 pages
Illustrated by Nathan Hale
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
This Rapunzel uses her long braids like lassos and rebels against the wicked Gothel in this graphic novel retelling of the classic fairy tale set in the Wild West. She joins forces with Jack (from Beanstalk fame) to rescue her real mother from the gold mines and destroy Gothel's power once and for all.
Similar books: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka,
The Frog Princess, by E. D. Baker
Awards won: 2009 Notable Children's Book / 2009 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Reviewed by: djd
Date read: 7/7/2009
ISBN-10: 159990070X
ISBN-13: 9781599900704
Reader Comments
Rapunzel Meets the Wild WestCommenter: Emily, grade 18
In this entirely different take on the fairy tale, husband and wife couple Shannon and Dean Hale write a graphic novel (illustrated by Nathan Hale, no relation to the husband/wife authors), retelling the tale of Rapunzel with a spin. Rather than using her hair to help suitors, Rapunzel uses her long hair to escape from her tower prison, where she has been locked by the woman who claimed to be her mother, Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel rules the whole society by using her growth magic to control agriculture. She rules with cruelty, leaving much of the population in poverty. When Rapunzel finds out what Mother Gothel has done with Rapunzel's real mother, she vows to save the day. Using her braids like lassos and teaming up with Jack, who carries a mysterious goose, Rapunzel's quest takes her on the adventure of a lifetime.
Thank-you Emily!Commenter: St Charles Reader, grade 0
this is a good book read it
Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale
Lynn Roberts (2003), 32 pages
Illustrated by Roger Daniels
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Rapunzel lives atop a broken-down apartment building with Aunt Esme, the scariest lunch lady at the local school. Roger, lead guitarist in a high-school band, overhears Aunt Esme calling; 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.' Intrigued, Roger schemes to meet the owner of such long, red, hair and they plot her escape. This familiar fairy tale is set in our not-too-recent 1970s, complete with platform shoes, bell-bottoms, and a Saturday Night Live poster (stayin' alive, stayin' alive!)
Similar books: Cinderella: An Art Deco Love Story, also by Lynn Roberts & Roger Daniels.
Reviewed by: donna
Date read: 7/7/2009
ISBN-10: 0810942429
ISBN-13: 9780810942424
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