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Tell the Truth, BB Wolf
Big Bad Wolf’s first visit to his local library was such a success that he returns to tell his version of “The Three Little Pigs.” His outrageous spin on the tale draws skeptical remarks from his audience: “Isn’t that wolf’s nose getting longer?” asks Pinocchio. “It’s a cooked-up, half-baked tale,” snaps the Gingerbread Boy. And “Tell the truth, B.B. Wolf!” squeal the Three Little Pigs. Caught in his own lie, B.B. explains that he is a reformed villain: “Now I’m begging on my knees, Little Pigs, forgive me, please!” How B.B. turns his bad old deed into a good new one provides a happy ending to this fun-to-read fractured fairytale.
If you liked this, try:
Other Goose
Spoon
Olive, My Love
Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Mind Your Manner, BB Wolf
Finn and the Fairies
Everyone in Aran Village believes in fairies — everyone but Finn the tailor. When hens don’t lay or cows dry up, the villagers blame the fairies, and take extra care not to anger the creatures. Finn just laughs. “What foolish superstitions!” he declares. When King Bertrand announces a royal ball to find a wife for his son, Finn's talents as a tailor are in great demand. But much to his amazement, it’s not just the girls of the kingdom who need new gowns! How can he keep these mischievous new customers happy? Finn’s comical efforts to stay in the fairies’ good graces make for a lively and delightful story.
If you like this, try:
Beauty and the Beast
Elves and Shoemaker
The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Girl
Hansel and Gretel
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl
Virginia Hamilton retells the classic trickster tale of Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby... Bruh Rabbit may indeed have met his match when he comes across a tar baby in the middle of the road. The baby's deaf, dumb and blind attitude infuriates the plucky trickster, just as Wolf planned! When Bruh Rabbit gets entangled in the tar baby's sticky embrace, has he finally been foiled by his long-time enemy? Certainly not, if Wolf falls for Bruh Rabbit's clever reverse-psychology and flings the wily rabbit into the briar patch! Great fun...
If you liked this, try:
Love and Roast Chicken
The Favorite Uncle Remus
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock
Story of Little Babaji
The Korean Cinderella
A lush Korean version of the story of Cinderella....
To honor her birth, a pear tree is planted and the newborn baby is named Pear. She is beautiful and loved by her elderly mother and father. When Pear's mother dies, her father remarries a woman with a daughter the same age as Pear. Beautiful Pear's stepmother is jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty and requires her to perform many impossible chores, while her own daughter, Peony watches.
With the help of magical creatures (frog, sparrow, and black oxen) Pear successfully completes each chore and is able to attend the festival. On the way to the festival she loses her shoe. The magistrate sees the beautiful Pear and calls out to her. Believing he is yelling at her, she runs away without her shoe. At the festival the magistrate looks for the girl without the shoe...
If you liked this, try:
The Irish Cinderlad
The Rough Faced Girl
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Lon Po Po
The Golden Sandal
A Kiss Like This, by Mary Murphy
A sweet and engaging lift-the-flap book sure to inspire lots of kisses and snuggles!
If you liked this, try:
Ten Things I love about You
Huggy Kissy
Goose Needs a Hug
The Perfect Hug
Mama, do you love me?
King Arthur and the Round Table
As a lad of only sixteen years, Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and thus became High King of all Britain. But scarcely has he begun to arrange his court when twelve of the country's lesser kings, jealous of Arthur's glory, declare war on him. Hudson Talbott masterfully retells the saga of Arthur's early days as leader of Britain, his building of Camelot, and the dedication of the Round Table--a unique brotherhood of knights devoted to unity and peace.
If you liked this, try:
Lancelot
Saint George and the Dragon
A Medieval Feast
Beowulf
Excalibur
The Red Shoes
Karen longs for a pair of red shoes she spies in town, and hoards her pennies. Soon, her simple pleasures are forgotten, consumed by her fantasies about the fabulous shoes. Finally, she wears them to a great ball and learns that the shoes have truly come to control her as they had controlled her thoughts. Will the spell be broken? A classic Andersen fairy tale.
If you liked this, try:
Twelve Dancing Princesses
Thumbelina
The Emperor's New Clothes
Sleeping Beauty
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Sundiata: King of Mali
An inspiring tale of courage and determination...This is the story of Sundiata, who overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule Mali in the thirteenth century.
If you liked this, try:
Mansa Musa
Traveling Man
Rain Player
The Girl who Spun Gold
Ashanti to Zulu
Sun Mother Wakes the World
An Australian Creation Story
At the beginning of the world, it was dark and silent and nothing stirred anywhere, until a voice roused the sleeping Sun Mother in the sky, telling her it was time to wake up all the creatures of the earth.
The indigenous people of Australia believe that their first ancestors created the world and its laws. They also believe that the world is still being created in a continual process they call The Dreamtime. Renowned storyteller Diane Wolkstein has crafted a powerful retelling of an Australian creation story...
If you liked this, try:The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth
The Clever Monkey! A Folktale from West Africa
The Egyptian Cinderella
Stories from the Billabong
Ready to Dream
Snowmen at Work, by Caralyn Buehner
The secret lives of Snowmen...what do they do at night? Could they have jobs, do they go sledding...?
A delightful and fun look at a fanciful world of snowmen...great winter fun.
If you liked this, try:
Snowmen at Night
Snowmen all Year
Waking Dragons
Bear Says Thanks
Ten on the Sled
The Little Match Girl, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Perhaps the saddest holiday story ever written...the story of a young girl sent out to sell matches on an icy, freezing New Year's Eve...She lights her matches one by one in an effort to keep warm and with each match sees a vision of warmth and comfort. Her last match reveals a vision of her grandmother coming to take her to heaven and she dies in the street on that cold winter's night. A profound story which is heartbreaking, moving, and makes one pause.
If you liked this, try:
The Gift of the Magi
Little Red Riding Hood
The Little Drummer Boy
The Nutcracker
Thumbelina
Thumbelina by Susan Jeffers
Once upon a time there was a woman who was sad because she had no children. One day she planted a magic seed and from the seed grew a flower. Inside the flower was a tiny, exquisite girl no bigger than the woman's thumb. Her name was Thumbelina. The two lived happily together until an ugly old toad snuck in and snatched Thumbelina away. So began Thumbelina's adventures...A beautiful version of a classic tale with illustrations by Susan Jeffers...
If you liked this, try:
The Princess and the Pea
Pretty Salma
Rumpelstiltskin
The Three Pigs
The Tale of the Firebird
Twelve Dancing Princesses, by Rachel Isadora
A Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator gives this classic fairy tale a brand-new setting!
Night after night, the twelve princesses mysteriously wear out their shoes. But how? The king promises a great reward to any man who can solve the mystery. Rachel Isadora has revitalized and reimagined this well-loved Brothers Grimm fairytale by bringing the story of the twelve princesses to Africa...
If you liked this, try:The Fisherman and his Wife
Sleeping Beauty
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
Puss in Boots
The Wild Swans
Oliver is different. He enjoys his solitude. He likes playing with his friends, who are puppets, stuffed animals, and other toys. There are bridges to cross, sharks to fight, and treasures to find! But when his tennis ball rolls across the lawn into the yard of the girl next door, his world begins to change. Quirky and fun.
It has never been colder in the town of Toby Mills...the citizens are freezing, icicles are everywhere, and suddenly they hear the mayor's wife has planned a 'winter surprise'...what could it be? Will it be enough to take the chill off the entire town? A wintry delight...
Spend a magical moment with a young reader and a dog as they climb to the top of a sledding hill, unlatch a box carrying a favorite book, read it together until they very last page, and then speed off down into the snow below. Wonderful and charming.
Boot and Shoe were born into the same litter, and now they live in the same house. They eat out of the same bowl, pee on the same tree, and sleep in the same bed. But they spend their days apart—Boot on the back porch because he’s a back porch kind of dog, and Shoe on the front porch because he’s a front porch kind of dog. This is exactly perfect for them. But then a crazy neighborhood squirrel arrives . . . and
everything goes topsy-turvy! A fun adventure you are sure to enjoy...
Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead is a very sweet book that is perfect for a bedtime read. Younger Toddlers will love the repetition of phrases as well as the fun of saying goodnight to body parts and parts of their room. The illustrations are adorable and soothing. Also Try: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown The Going-To-Bed Book by Sandra Boynton On The Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
Follow a little girl with curly red hair through 13 different moods...a great look at your emotions!
Also try:
I'm Gonna like Me
It's Hard to be Five
The Way I Feel
When Sophie Gets Angry
The Feelings Book
Otto's Trunk
Superdog
Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg
One day Ant encounters a great big ball of string, and can't see his way over or through it. Fortunately, when he asks his friend Bird "How long is a string?" Bird wisely shows him all the wonderful ways a string can be cut up and used, to the delight of both friends. And after a day of adventure the question doesn't seem to be a problem anymore -- a string can be as long as Ant needs it to be...
Also try:Lines that Wiggle
No Two Alike
Harry and the Lady Next Door
Not a Box
Not a Stick
The Squiggle
The Dot
Ish
Day with No Crayons
Snuggle up in a warm bed with Mr. and Mrs. Bear as a thunderstorm passes by...
Also try:Thundercake
When the Wind Bears go Dancing
Rainbabies
Bear feels scared
Dark, Dark Night
Squish is just a little rabbit. But being little can lead to big problems. Sometimes Squish is hard to see... which is how he got his name... But Squish notices things- especially when someone is about to get into trouble and needs help...
Also try:Wish, Change, Friend
Farfallina and Marcel
Gossie and Gertie
My Friend Rabbit
I Love you, Blue Kangaroo
Meet Elizabeth. She's got an excellent pet duck, a loving granddad and a first name that's just awesome. After all, she's got a queen named after her! So she's really not amused when people insist on using nicknames like "Lizzy" and "Beth"... Very cute. Great ending.
Also try:Mommy Doesn't Know my NameI Want my Hat BackPorcupine named FluffyChrysantheumStand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Fascinating picture book - Meet Aoki, the smallest Kokeshi, and take a whirlwind lift-the-flap tour through Toyko.
Also try:
Kimonos
Yumi
Follow the glittery line that runs through this picture book and turns itself into all kinds of things: the waves above an octopus, the veins in a leaf, the wrappings curling around a mummy, and the trapping threads of a spiderweb...
Also try:Squiggle
The dot
Follow the Line
Sparkle and Spin
Color of his own
Not a box
Alpha beasties
Little green
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