Fairy Tales

Because yesterday's post was so successful, I am going to go one more day without a review. Today I am going to list my favorite Fairy Tales! Well, sort of. Fairy Tale re-tellings, as I said in my review titled Once Upon A Time, have become really really popular lately. And that isn't just limited to the book world! But for now, I will only list the BOOKS that are fairy tale retellings, those that I love and those that I have heard were great! The link above will go to my review of numbers 3 and 14 on the list below. Remember, this is just retellings, not fantasy, so I will maybe write my favorite fantasy later in the year. Oh, and be sure to get your hands on Grimms Fairy Tales, because those stories are the ones that started it all.

Favorite Re-Tellings

1. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine (just one of my all time favorite books)
2. Belle, A Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" - Cameron Dokey
3. Golden, A Retelling of "Rapunzel" - Cameron Dokey (Review
4. Just Ella - Margaret Peterson Haddix
5. The Goose Girl (Books of Bayern #1) - Shannon Hale
6. East - Edith Pattou
7. A Kiss in Time - Alex Flinn
8. Beastly - Alex Flinn (my favorite of the three companion novels, but all of them are very good)
9. Cloaked - Alex Flinn
10. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
11. Reckless - Cornelia Funke (I don't think this counts, but it does contain a lot of much darker takes on some fairy tales. Plus, I had to include one Cornelia Funke book on this list)
12. Peter and the Starcatchers - Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry (More of an origin story than a retelling, but these books are all great)
13. Fairest - Gail Carson Levine
14. Snow, A Retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" - Tracy Lynn
15. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales - Jon Skiezka (These are just illustrated kids books, but they are very fun and started me on the track of retellings when I was just a kid)

Retellings I've Heard Are Good

1. Beauty - Robin McKinley
2. Princess of the Midnight Ball - Jessica Day George (check out her Dragon Slippers books, very fun)
3. Briar Rose, A Novel of the Fairy Tale Series - Jane Yolen
4. The Storyteller's Daughter, A Retelling of "The Arabian Nights" - Cameron Dokey
5. The Frog Princess - E.D. Baker (This sounds quite similar to the movie Princess and the Frog, but since it came out first, I will give it the benefit of the doubt)
6. Before Midnight, A Retelling of "Cinderella" - Cameron Dokey
7. Cinderellis and the Glass Hill - Gail Carson Levine
8. Beast - Donna Jo Napoli
9. Midnight Pearls, A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" - Debbie Viguié
10. The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold - Francesca Lia Block
11. The Night Dance, A Retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" - Suzanne Weyn
12. Sisters Red - Jackson Pearce
13. The Rumpelstiltskin Problem - Vivian Valde Veld (What a name)
14. Beauty Sleep, A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" - Cameron Dokey (Apparently this woman only writes retellings!)
15. Scarlet Moon, A Retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" - Debbie Viguié
16. Spirited, A Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" - Nancy Holder (Yes, another Beauty and the Beast. It's very popular)
17. Water Song, A Retelling of "The Frog Prince" - Suzanne Weyn
18. The Crimson Thread, A Retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin" - Suzanne Weyn
19. The Wild Orchid, A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan" - Cameron Dokey
20. The Diamond Secret, A Retelling of "Anastasia" - Suzanne Weyn
21. The World Above, A Retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" - Cameron Dokey

Believe it or not, there are still many more. The books on these lists with the title of the book and then what story it is retelling are part of a set called the Once Upon A Time book. They are a group of books with a few different authors, all retellings of classic stories. I actually did not include ALL of the Once Upon A Time books! But beware, these Once Upon A Time books are quite... fluffy. They make you feel all warm inside, but they aren't exactly Newberry quality, if you know what I mean. I just thought I would warn you!
Hope you enjoy all of my Retelling suggestions, and feel free to make more if I left any of your favorites off of my list! I'm always excited to get more book ideas.