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The Thirteenth Child
As the thirteenth child, Hazel Trépas is promised to one of the gods before she’s even born. But not just any god: Death himself. For years, Hazel waits for her Read more...
Posted by Zoe N. on January 2, 2025
Recommended Read Alouds
Discover a captivating collection of read-aloud picture books for young readers. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt You’ve played the game. Now read the legend of how Read more...
Posted by Sarah Jane N. on September 14, 2023
The Once and Future Witches
James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna Eastwood thought they would never be parted. But that was then and this is now. Their bond has been irrevocably broken and now Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on April 2, 2022
A Magic Spark
This first book in the Fairylight Friends series from Scholastic Books is aimed at helping beginning readers develop skill, confidence, and joy in reading. The plot follows three best friends Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on May 13, 2021
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles)
If you like fairytale retellings, this book is the one for you! This Cinderella story set in a futuristic Earth with cyborgs and Lunar beings is the perfect start to Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on January 2, 2020
Humpty’s Fall
Doctor Glenda and Nurse Percy are on duty at City Hospital when the Pengamedics bring Humpty in on a stretcher. Doctor Glenda works quickly and inventively to stop too much Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on December 14, 2017
Issun Bôshi: The One-Inch Boy
A classic Japanese fairy tale comes to life with vibrant, striking illustrations from Icinori, a duo of French illustrators and printmakers. Issun Bôshi, the one-inch boy, is born to parents Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 6, 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale
Medieval Russia is a place where forest spirits still roam, water spirits lurk in rivers waiting for their next victims, and benevolent house spirits crouch in fireplaces. A girl named Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 31, 2017
Vassa in the Night
Vassa Lowenstien lives in Brooklyn with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. Things have gotten… strange, lately, and not just with her unconventional family. The nights have been getting longer, Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on November 29, 2016
The Wolf Among Us
Once upon a time, in a land called New York City, there was a secret community in the village of Brooklyn. This community was called Fabletown, and it was populated Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on October 25, 2016
The Buried Giant
I think The Buried Giant can be described as a novel-length fairy tale, or maybe a better way to describe it is a novel featuring fairy tale elements? I’ll let Read more...
Posted by on October 18, 2016