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Fairy tales

Little Red Riding Hood

Wilhelm Grimm, Trina Schart Hyman

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf

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The tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo, Timothy B. Ering

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin

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Dealing with dragons

Patricia C. Wrede

Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' ki

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James and the giant peach

Roald Dahl, Lane Smith

This is a contemporary fairy tale starring the heroic little James, a group of overgrown garden insects who become his friends, and a peach the size of a house

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The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales, including "Little Red Running Shorts," "The Princess and the Bowling Ball," and "Cinderumpelstiltskin."

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Little Red Riding Hood

Lisa Campbell Ernst

An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf

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The ugly duckling

H. C Andersen, Jerry Pinkney

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan

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