Classic Fairy Tales to Read Aloud


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23 tales popular and less well-known, old and modern. Reading time noted for each tale. 5 yrs+




The Great Fairy Tale Disaster


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A follow up to the bestselling The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster. Fairy tales have never been funnier than in this outrageously silly picture book! Once upon a time there lived an old Big Bad Wolf. He no longer has any huff and puff to blow down the Three Little Pigs' houses so he scampers off into the pages of the Fairy Tale book to find a new one. He tries one tale after another, but things never quite work to plan. Will he find a fairy tale that suits him perfectly? With all the well-known and well-loved fairy tales, including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 'It's madness and mayhem which results in a very funny, laugh out loud book.' The Bookbag http://www.davidconwaychildrensbooks.co.uk/




Hairy Maclary, Shoo


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When Hairy decides to snoop inside a delivery van, he's in for a chaotic adventure. Has Hairy ever caused such havoc? 'Stop this shemozzle, this hullabaloo! Scarper, skedaddle, BE OFF WITH YOU – SHOO!' When Hairy Maclary decides to snoop inside a parked delivery van, he's in for a madcap adventure. After a rattling, roaring ride, and finding himself far from home, he desperately tries to get back to the Dairy – creating havoc and incurring the wrath of shopkeepers, schoolteachers and passers-by along the way. Has Hairy ever caused such mayhem? Thank goodness for Miss Plum, who once again steps in to save the day!




Red Riding Hood


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Valerie's sister was beautiful, kind, and sweet. Now she is dead. Henri, the handsome son of the blacksmith, tries to console Valerie, but her wild heart beats fast for another: the outcast woodcutter, Peter, who offers Valerie another life far from home. After her sister's violent death, Valerie's world begins to spiral out of control. For generations, the werewolf has been kept at bay with a monthly sacrifice. But no one is safe. When an expert wolf hunter arrives, the villagers learn that the creature lives among them - it could be anyone in town. It soon becomes clear that Valerie is the only one who can hear the voice of creature. The Wolf says she must surrender herself before the Blood Moon wanes . . . or everyone she loves will die. This is a dangerous new vision of a classic fairy tale, and for readers who want even more of Valerie's riveting story, a bonus chapter that extends the drama is available at http://www.redridinghoodbook.com/.




The Sleeping Beauty


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Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the thirteenth fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.




Little Red Riding Hood


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Little Red Riding Hood sets off through the forest to visit her grandmother, who is ill. On the way, she meets a big, bad wolf. But watch out, the wolf has a sneaky plan!




The Fairy Dogmother


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Cinders the dog, a canine resident at Woofington's Dog Rescue, is visited by his Fairy Dogmother and gets to wish for something that would make him happy. But what is it that would make him the happiest of all? One day, Cinders, a canine resident at Woofington's Dog Rescue, receives a visit from his Fairy Dogmother! She tells him that he can make a wish for whatever he thinks would make him the happiest. But poor Cinders just doesn't know what to wish for! He asks his friends, and he gets all kinds of suggestions--sausages, a bone, a ball, the ability to climb trees...and on and on! Cinders just can't decide, and time is running out. Then one of the older dogs at the rescue gives Cinders one last suggestion. Could it be exactly what Cinders wants to make him happy?




Fairy Tales As Told by Clementine Set 2 (Set)


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As a dachshund, Clementine sees the world from an entirely different viewpoint, one that's much closer to the ground and allows her to scamper by undetected. Join this sassy wiener dog as she retells classic fairy tales from her low-riding perspective. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.




The Wolf Who Learned to Be Good


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Wolf is thrilled when he meets a little girl who wants to be his friend, but he has a lot to learn about being nice. Wolf is very big and very bad. But when he meets a delicious-looking girl, she has other ideas. She wants to make Wolf her new friend. But Wolf is going to need more than a makeover to learn to get along with others. Can Wolf learn how to become a good friend—even to tasty humans? This fun and humorous storyline is beautifully reflected in Natalia Moore's charming illustrations.