Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and Bookish.
1. The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress by Marissa Meyer
Cinder-Cinderella; Scarlet-Little Red Riding Hood; Cress-Rapunzel; not yet published: Winter-Snow White all retold in a future world full of cyborgs, space ships, and lunar creatures. My students love this series.
2. Entwined by Heather Dixon
Retelling of the Grimm Fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses." Very dark.
3. The Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maquire
Retelling of several Russian fairy tales that include magical geese, a phoenix, mistaken identity. Very fun. By the author of WICKED.
(Not a book trailer, it is a one-minute teaser for the audiobook. Sign up to win, details below.)
4. The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly
This book turns fairy tales on their heads. Everything you think you know about fairy tales is turned upside-down and backwards. This is a favorite book for sure.
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5. Far, Far Away by Tom McNeal
A retelling of Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel." Another favorite book!
6. Cloaked by Alex Finn
A mash-up of over five rather obscure fairy tales. Good fun.
This trailer may not be official but it is fun, too.
This trailer may not be official but it is fun, too.
7. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
A modern fairy tale based loosely on Greek Mythology. I didn't learn about this until after I read the book so now I want a reread to find all the similarities.
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8. The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
A retelling of 1,001 Arabian Nights. Book #1 in a new series. I just finished listening to the audiobook last week. No official book trailer is available.
9. Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
A very popular retelling of Grimm's Goose Girl Fairy Tale. It is the first book in a series of four.
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10. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Retelling of Snow White and Rose Red. Very dark and complex.
This is NOT an official trailer for the book but it is pretty good. I warn you, it contains SPOILERS.
This is NOT an official trailer for the book but it is pretty good. I warn you, it contains SPOILERS.
And drum roll for my favorite of all retellings...
11. Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Based on Celtic Mythology about the legend of eich uisce, deadly horses that come out of the sea.
Love it!!!!!
(If you watch only one trailer, watch this one. Maggie did the art and the music for it.)
(If you watch only one trailer, watch this one. Maggie did the art and the music for it.)
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