Zita, cast aside by her father and raised as a kitchen maid, learns when she is nearly twelve that she is a princess and that her twelve sisters love her, and so when she discovers they are victims of an evil enchantment, she desperately tries to save them.
Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
Rather than marry a cruel king or a seemingly dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl endures imprisonment, capture by several ogresses, and other dangers, before learning exactly who she is.
Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
Pursued by greedy villains, two boys on a quest to save innocent lives meet the banished queen whose son was stolen by Rumpelstiltskin eleven years earlier, and she provides much more than the answer they seek.
Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde
When almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is turned into a frog, she puts into practice lessons from the book, The Art of Being a Princess, as she tries to become her less-than-perfect self again.
More Fairy Tales --
Beauty and the Beast: The Only One Who Didn't Run Away by Wendy Mass
The Big, Bad Detective Agency by Bruce Hale
The Cottage in the Woods by Katherine Coville
Flunked by Jen Calonita
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel by Megan Morrison
Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants by Sam Swope
Jack: The True Story of Jack & the Beanstalk by Liesl Shurtliff
Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler
A Question of Magic by E.D. Baker
The Secret History of Tom Trueheart by Ian Beck
Sleeping Beauty's Daughters by Diane Zahler
The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold by Ellen Datlow
A True Princess by Diane Zahler
Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through March 10, 2017.
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