Fairy Tale Retelling Archives

Kate Forsyth’s Long-Lost Fairy Tales

March 23, 2025

Kate Forsyth (text) and Lorena Carrington (illustrator), Kate Forsyth’s Long-Lost Fairy Tales, New Dawn, March 2024, 352 pp., RRP $32.99 (pbk), ISBN […]

2025 notable book, Fairy Tale Retelling, Fairy Tales, older readers, Short stories, young adult

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Early Childhood Books Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

The Greedy Wolf

March 6, 2025

Timothy Knapman (text) and Jean Jullien (illustrator), The Greedy Wolf, Walker Books, January 2025, 48 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN

early childhood book, Fairy Tale Retelling, fractured fairy tale, humour, picture book, Recommended, unconventional

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Graphic Novels Intermediate Readers

Brielle and Bear

January 17, 2025

Salomey Doku, Brielle and Bear, HarperCollins Publishers, September 2024, 176 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008617561 When Brielle returns to

acceptance, chronic illness, communication, Diversity, Dyslexia, Fairy Tale Retelling, Graphic Novels, Honesty, Insecurities, intermediate readers, romance

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Older Readers Reviews

A curse of salt

January 16, 2024

Sarah Street, A curse of salt, Hachette Children’s Books, May 2023, 340 pp., RRP $25.50 (pbk), ISBN 9781444967661 Written by

adventure, Fairy Tale Retelling, family, fantasy, magic, Mystery, Nautical, pirates, romance, Sisters

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Older Readers Reviews

Wish of the Wicked

January 10, 2024

Danielle Paige, Wish of the Wicked, Bloomsbury Publishing, November 2023, 464 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781526636461 Cinderella reimagined. Danielle

Betrayal, Fairy Tale Retelling, fantasy, magic, older readers, romance, Royalty, Secrets

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