The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy, by Nikki Loftin

The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy , by Nikki Loftin (Razorbill, 2012, middle grade). Imagine the most beautifully breathtaking scho...

Snow In Summer, by Jane Yolen

What if Snow White wasn't a princess, but just a girl, named Snow in Summer, loved by her papa and mama and growing up good and beautifu...

Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm, retold by Philip Pullman (plus giveaway)

Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm: a New English Version , by Philip Pullman (Viking Adult, November 12, 2012). This is the first time I...

Beauty and the Beast: The Only One Who Didn't Run Away

Way back in 2005, Wendy Mass published the first in her Twice Upon a Time series--Rapunzel: the One With All the Hair. The second book, Sle...

Once Upon a Toad, by Heather Vogel Frederick

I have always appreciated the story of the two sisters who are rewarded/punished for their behavior with flower and jewels, or reptiles and ...

In a Glass Grimmly, by Adam Gidwitz

In a Glass Grimmly , by Adam Gidwitz (Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 27, 2012, middle grade) In A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010), Gidwitz fractured the...

Circle of Cranes, by Annette LeBox

Circle of Cranes , by Annette LeBox (Dial, April, 2012, upper middle grade), is the story of an orphaned Chinese girl, 13 year old Suyin. ...

The Brixen Witch, by Stacy DeKeyser

The Brixen Witch , by Stacy DeKeyser (Margaret K. McElderry Books, June 26, 2012, middle grade) is a fresh and fun re-telling of the story o...

Cinder, by Marissa Meyer

Cinder , by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel & Friends, January 2012) counts both for my multicultural sci fi/fantasy list , and my fairy tale rete...

Enchanted, by Alethea Kontis

I'm a bit late to the party viz Enchanted , by Aletha Kontis. It's been out for a while, and has been reviewed lots. However, the ...

Forsaken, by Katherine Langrish

Just sneaking in one quick review before I plunge into the 48 hour reading challenge... I am an avid reader both of Katherine Langrish's...

Haunted Waters, by Mary Pope Osborne

So there I was browsing in my local used book store with about forty dollars of trade-in credit to spend, and I saw on the shelf a signed fi...

The Goddess Test, by Aimee Carter

The Goddess Test , by Aimee Carter (Harlequin Teen, YA, 2011) is, essentially, Hades and Persephone meets Beauty and the Beast (the first ...

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean, by Jan Andrews

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean , by Jan Andrews , illustrations by Dusan Petricic (Groundwood Books, 2011, e...

Princess of the Wild Swans, by Diane Zahler

Princess of the Wild Swans , by Diane Zahler (HarperCollins, 2012), is a retelling of one of my favorite fairy tales-- The Wild Swans (whic...

The Book of Wonders, by Jasmine Richards

The Book of Wonders , by Jasmine Richards (HarperCollins, 2012, middle grade, 416 pages) Thirteen-year-old Zardi longs to see the great wid...

Ivy and the Meanstalk, by Dawn Lairamore

Ivy and the Meanstalk , by Dawn Lairamore (Holiday House, 2011, mg, 227 pages), was one of the books I received for Cybils review (I'm t...

The Hawk of May, by Ann Lawrence

I'm busily reading my Christmas present books--this year I am determined not to have a sad little pile of them looking reproachfully at ...

The Princess Curse, by Merrie Haskell

The Princess Curse , by Merrie Haskell (HarperCollins 2011, mg, 336 pages), is two fairy tale retellings in one package--12 Dancing Princes...

A True Princess, by Diane Zahler

A True Princess , by Diane Zahler (Harper Collins, 2011, middle grade, 182 pages) As far back as she can remember, Lilia has never had a goo...