MORE  FACTS ABOUT FAIRYTALES

Fairy Tales  are found in all countries around the world.  Three very common tales are Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Cinderella.  Other examples are:

• The Malachite Palasce by Alma Ada
      In this Spanish fairy tale, an overly protected princess learns about  freedom from a bird who flies into her room, and manages to set herself free.

• The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo 
       In this Persian version of Cinderella story, the heroine Settareh has a pari kind of fairy who lives in a blue jar and turns Settareh into a turtle dove. 

• Brown and Trembling by Jude Daly 
  in this Irish version of Cinderella the ugly step sisters are named Fair and Brown and the heroine's name is not Cinderella but Trembling

• The Magic Nesting Doll by Michelle Nikly 
  In this fairy tale, a young child uses various perfumes to restore the memory of a queen.

• A Canary Prince by Eric Nones
  In this book, a princess is locked in a tower by her wicked stepmother in this little-known tale from Italy.

• The Fairy's Mistake by Gail Levine 
  This is a reworking of a traditional fairy tale from France, in which a fairy is disappointed in her evaluation of two sisters.                                                                                          

                        Fractured Fairy Tales

There are also stories called "Fractured Fairy Tales". In these stories they take a familiar fairy tale and change the story around and it becomes a funny story.  Some examples are:

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Frog Prince Continued byJohn Scieszka
Wolf at the Door  Ellen Datlow
Goldilocks Returns  by Lisa Ernst
The Dog and Her Little Glass Slipper by Daniel Goode

Modern Day Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales are being written today and they are called Modern Day Fairy Tales.  Some examples of those are:

The Fairy Rebel byLynne Banks
 The Horned Toad Prince Jackie Hopkins
Sinder -Elly FrancesMinters
Cinderella Jose San