10 Fractured Fairy Tales for Big Stinking Ogres
Posted on May 15, 2023
by Sam P
Perhaps one of the greatest book-to-screen adaptations of all time, did you know Shrek was originally a picture book? Maybe someday we’ll see some of these on the big screen.
Shrek!
By William Steig
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The titular ogre’s origin story before the big screen.
Interrupting Chicken
By David Ezra Stein
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If you’ve got a kid who constantly interrupts their bedtime story, this one will not only do it for them, but it’ll get them laughing too. Part of our 101 Picture Book Challenge.
Rump
By Liesl Shurtliff
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The title should be reason enough for any middle-grade reader to pick this up, but if you need some convincing, imagine a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin with more butt jokes.
The Jumbies
By Tracey Baptiste
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This spooky chapter book is inspired by Caribbean folklore and features a fearless female lead, tricksters, and a forbidden forest.
A Wolf for a Spell
By Karah Sutton
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A wolf and Baba Yaga team up against a common evil to take back their village in this Slavic-inspired fable.
Lost in the Never Woods
By Aiden Thomas
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I will probably read anything and everything Aiden Thomas ever writes, as well as any Peter Pan retelling. Take Wendy, Peter Pan, and Peter’s shadow to the Pacific Northwest, and you’ve got a dark summer read.
House of Salt and Sorrows
By Erin A. Craig
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Collected by The Brothers Grimm as well as others, this retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses has turned this fairy tale into a seaside gothic nightmare.
Legendborn
By Tracy Deonn
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A secret society of monster hunters, a flying demon, and a boy who calls himself Merlin, Legendborn is a series that brings Arthurian legend to the modern day through the eyes of Bree—a girl who found out she has latent magical powers after witnessing a horrific magical accident.
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