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Books in the Fairy Tales - Modern genre:

Trouble with Trolls (1992)

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The Trolls decide they want a dog and they have their heart set on Tuffi, but Treva figures out a way to trick them and rescue her dog. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

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Christmas Trolls (1993)

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When two trolls make off with Treva’s family Christmas pudding, she knows something has to be done. Hedgie the hedgehog makes his first appearance. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

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The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (1993)

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Contains nine fairy tales including the masterwork, The Selfish Giant. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Oscar Wilde
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Great Quillow (1994)

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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

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The Candlewick Book of Animal Tales (1996)

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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

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Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1997)

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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

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The Three Little Pigs (1997)

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In this version of The Three Pigs, the wolf ends up waffled. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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The Bravest Ever Bear (1999)

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Fairy tale characters tell their stories from their own perspective, with new endings, and find themselves encountering each other as their stories overlap. We count 30 unnumbered pages. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Paul Howard

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The Book of Fairies (2000)

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A collection of fairy tales, classic and new.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Christmas Treasury (2001)

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Seven favorites from Jan Brett in one volume.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

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Good Night, Fairies (2002)

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At bedtime mother tells her small child about the fairies.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve? (2002)

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A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help Kyri rout the trolls when they come to spoil the Christmas dinner. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

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The Nutcracker (2003)

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A Christmas story with mice, nutcrackers, and sugarplum fairies.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): E.T.A. Hoffman
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Book of Fairy Poetry (2004)

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An anthology of poetry dealing with fairies and their dealings with men.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Il Fabbro Di Wootton Major (2005)

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This is the Italian translation of Smith of Wootton Major.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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The Book of Fairies (2006)

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A collection of fairy tales, new and old.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Lionel and the Book of Beasts (2006)

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Lionel is taken from his nursery and made king. When he opens a book in his ever-so-great grandfather’s library, he accidentally releases a fierce dragon. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Previously (2007)

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The adventures of various nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters are retold in backward sequence with each tale interrelated to the other. Includes Goldilocks, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, the Frog Prince, Cinderella, and the Gingerbread M... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Bruce Ingman

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The Book of Wizards (2008)

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A collection of stories about wizards, from Baba Yaga to Taliessen, with a nod to Circe and Merlin along the way. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Pied Piper’s Magic (2009)

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An elf gets a magic set of pipes that transform things. Rats and an evil Grand Duke enter into the story. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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