Wilhelm Grimm
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Snow White is a beautiful girl who takes refuge in the forest at the home of the seven dwarfs. She is hiding from the wicked Queen, her stepmother. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as 'the fairest in the land, ' but Snow White's beauty surpasses her own. The dwarfs grow to love their unexpected visitor. But one day while the dwarfs are at their diamond mine, the Queen arrives at the cottage disguised as an old peddler woman and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Companion to: A tale dark & Grimm.
Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their own stories to seek a magic mirror, encountering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.
8) Snow White
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Snow White is a beautiful girl who takes refuge in the forest at the home of the seven dwarfs. She is hiding from the wicked Queen, her stepmother. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as 'the fairest in the land,' but Snow White's beauty surpasses her own. The dwarfs grow to love their unexpected visitor. But one day while the dwarfs are at their diamond mine, the Queen arrives at the cottage disguised as an old peddler woman and persuades...
18) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Pub. Date
[1984]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.
20) The golden goose
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simpleton's generosity helps him gain a princess for his bride.