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Fairy Tales - Modern Genre
Books in the Fairy Tales - Modern genre:
Gustav the Gourmet Giant (1976)
A cruel giant threatens to eat a small boy.
Author(s):
LouAnn Gaeddert
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Dream Weaver (1979)
A collection of newly written fairy tales and fables.
Author(s):
Jane Yolen
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Kate Crackernuts (1979)
Two step sisters flee from their mother, a witch.
Author(s):
K. M. Briggs
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1979)
Prince Ricardo has discovered his father King Prigio’s magic articles and gone on a villain-slaying spree -- but now finds himself in trouble and must look to Princess Jaqueline for help.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Klaas Bil
Poems and Stories (1980)
This collection includes the fairy stories as well as many of the poems.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Little Moon Theater (1981)
Jo Jo, Jip and Nicolette traveling about in their caravan presenting plays and granting wishes, are shivering in the winter’s cold until a little old fairy godmother grants their wish.
Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
The Iron Lion (1983)
The suitor who would win the princess must bring the iron lion, alive or dead.
Author(s):
Peter Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Mouldy (1983)
Author(s):
William Mayne
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Are All the Giants Dead? (1987)
James finds himself in fairy-tale-land with his friend Mildred and takes on a quest to save the Princess Dulcibel from marriage to a toad.
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Brian Froud
The Clothes Horse and Other Stories (1987)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Enchanted Book (1987)
In this Polish fairy tale, the miller’s youngest daughter saves her sisters from an evil magician.
Author(s):
Janina Porazińska
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
Prince Cinders (1987)
A fairy grants a small, skinny prince a change in appearance and the chance to go to the Palace Disco.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Babette Cole
Illustrator(s):
Babette Cole
Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)
Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Animal Fairy Tales (1989)
These nine short stories were originally published in The Delineator magazine in 1905.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Charles Livingston Bull
Colm of the Islands (1989)
When Colm unwittingly insults the Hebredean Sea Giant, it abducts his sweetheart and he must ransom her with the rope of pearls from the neck of the Sea-King’s daughter.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Fairies (1989)
Author(s):
William Allingham
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Rootabaga Stories - Part Two (1989)
American fairy tales including how the Huckabuck family raised popcorn in Nebraska.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Little Critter’s Hansel and Gretel (1991)
The Little Critter's view of the classic story of Hansel and Gretel.
Author(s):
Mercer Mayer
Illustrator(s):
Mercer Mayer
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)
A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)
A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Trouble with Trolls (1992)
Christmas Trolls (1993)
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (1993)
Author(s):
Oscar Wilde
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Great Quillow (1994)
When a giant terrorizes and tyrannizes the village, it is up to the toymaker to send him packing.
Author(s):
James Thurber
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Candlewick Book of Animal Tales (1996)
A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators. Includes Polar Bear Cat by Nicola Bayley.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1997)
This edition reprints the text of the second edition from 1908 and includes fifteen stories and another new set of illustrations.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
George O’Connor
The Three Little Pigs (1997)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Bravest Ever Bear (1999)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Paul Howard
The Book of Fairies (2000)
A collection of fairy tales, classic and new.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Christmas Treasury (2001)
Seven favorites from Jan Brett in one volume.
Author(s):
Jan Brett
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
Good Night, Fairies (2002)
At bedtime mother tells her small child about the fairies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve? (2002)
The Nutcracker (2003)
A Christmas story with mice, nutcrackers, and sugarplum fairies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E.T.A. Hoffman
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Book of Fairy Poetry (2004)
An anthology of poetry dealing with fairies and their dealings with men.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Il Fabbro Di Wootton Major (2005)
This is the Italian translation of Smith of Wootton Major.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Book of Fairies (2006)
A collection of fairy tales, new and old.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Lionel and the Book of Beasts (2006)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Previously (2007)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Bruce Ingman
The Book of Wizards (2008)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Pied Piper’s Magic (2009)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg