Thanks to everyone who responded. I look forward to writing my kindergarten
trimester plans today and hope to have them on my wiki by this afternoon (I'll post
the link when I get them up there). I appreciate the help!
Original question: I am having a difficult time finding well-written lower level
fairy tales. The books I have are either beautifully written/illustrated but on a
much higher level (and incredibly long), or poorly written/illustrated but on the
right level. Any suggestions for a good match? I am planning on reading the
stories aloud to the students, so they should not be too text-heavy (have you
noticed that so many fairy tales for elementary are just page after page of long
passages with little white space??) I'm looking for individual titles or a good
series.
Responses:
* Look at versions by Galdone and Hillert
* I'm not sure they are still in print but Hillert has written quite a few fairy
tales on the easy learning to read level. I also believe that some series such as
Step into Reading have fairy tales on this level in their catalogs.
* Last year, I purchased the series First Fairy Tales (Sea-to Sea Publishing).
They are very short but worked. Titles in the series are:
The emperor's new clothes
Hansel and Gretel
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Rapunzel
Sleeping beauty
Snow White
* Sleeping Bobby or Kate and the Beanstalk may work also. They are both written by
Mary Pope Osborne
* My favorite read-aloud to first graders is Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck.
They always reaaly get into it and I tell them to listen for another story it
reminds them of (Cinderella) Then we talk about the similarities and differences to
other Cinderellas.
* I've used with Kinders:
Princess and the Pea (illus. Dorothee Duntze)
the new version by Isadora is beautiful and simple.
* Paul Galdone adapts and illustrates fairy tales/folk tales that are probably
exactly what you are looking for. I use his Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red
Hen, Goldilocks and Three Bears, Three Pigs, Magic Porridge Pot, Gingerbread Boy,
and Henny Penny. I also own his Rumpelstiltskin and Puss in Boots, but haven't
used them with classes.
* Usborne Publishing has some really nice fairy tales in early readers. They are
adding more all the time.
* Paul Zelinsky just illustrated several Grimm's fairy tales. Rapunzel
is one...the kids love them because they are a little gory and the
pictures are beautiful. Some other illustrators that have done nice
kid-friendly versions are Stephen Kellogg, Arnold Lobel, James
Marshall, Eric Bruchac and Kimmell. Some favorites of my K-2 students are Diamonds
and Toads, Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy and any of the Anansi the spider stories.
* Have you tried some of the alternatives? I have a long list of
Cinderella books; Bubba the Cowboy Prince, Prince Cinders, Cinder Edna, Rough Face
Girl, The way Meat Loves Salt, etc. There are also fractured fairy tales for other
stories.
* Ruth Sanderson's The Snow Princess
* Suggestions of stories to use with the unit (in no way an exhaustive list):
Little Red Hen variants:
Cowley, Joy. The Little Yellow Chicken. Wright Group/McGraw Hill (no date
listed).
Galdone, Paul. The Little Red Hen. Clarion Books, 1973.
McQueen, Lucinda. The Little Red Hen. Scholastic, 1985.
McVeigh, Lydia. Miss Hen’s Feast. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.
Pinkney, Jerry. The Little Red Hen. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2006.
Stamper, Judith Bauer. The Red Hen. Scholastic, 1998.
Stevens, Janet & Susan Stevens Crummel. Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! Scholastic, 1999.
Cinderella variants:
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale. Scholastic,
1997.
Fleischman, Paul. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. Henry
Holt and Company, 2007.
Johnston, Tony. Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella. Scholastic, 1998.
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. Cinder Hazel: The Cinderella of Halloween.
Scholastic, 2002.
Martin, Rafe. The Rough-Face Girl. Scholastic, 1992.
Meddaugh, Susan. Cinderella’s Rat. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Minters, Frances. Cinder Elly. Puffin, 1997.
Perlman, Janet. Cinderella Penguin: Or, The Little Glass Flipper.
Scholastic, 1992.
Perrault, Charles. Cinderella:The Little Glass Slipper. Scribner, 1954.
Schroeder, Alan. Smoky Mountain Rose: an Appalachian Cinderella. Dial Books
for Young Readers, 1997.
Steptoe, John. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. HarperTrophy, 1993.
Wegman, William. Cinderella. Hyperion, 1993.
Werner, Jane. Walt Disney’s Cinderella. Golden Press, 1980.
Over in the Meadow variants:
Berkes, Marianne. Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme. Dawn Publications,
2007.
Berkes, Marianne. Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef. Dawn Publications,
2004.
Keats, Ezra Jack. Over in the Meadow. Puffin Books, 1999.
Roop, Connie and Peter. Over in the Arctic. Scholastic, 2003.
Wadsworth, Olive A. Over in the Meadow. North-South, 2002.
Ward, Jennifer. Over in the Garden. Rising Moon, 2002.
Red Riding Hood variants:
Delaney, A. The Gunnywolf. HarperTrophy, 1988.
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Little Red Riding Hood: A New-Fangled Prairie Tale.
Scholastic, 1995.
Fear, Sharon. Wolf’s Cake. Wright Group, 2001.
McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox. Dial Books, 1986.
Neubacher, Gerda. Little Red Riding Hood. Cyril Hayes, 1989.
Wegman, William. Little Red Riding Hood. Hyperion, 1993.
Young, Ed. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China. Scholastic, 1989.
There Was an Old Lady variants:
Adams, Pam. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Child’s Play, 1997.
Arnold, Tedd. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy. Cartwheel Books,
2007.
Colandro, Lucille. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! Scholastic,
2002.
Colandro, Lucille. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell! Scholastic,
2006.
Colandro, Lucille. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!
Scholastic, 2003.
Jackson, Alison. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. Scholastic, 1997.
Karas, G. Brian. I Know and Old Lady. Scholastic, 1980.
Sloat, Teri. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! Scholastic, 1998.
Three Little Pigs variants:
Geist, Ken. The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark. Cartwheel Books,
2007.
Marshall, James. The Three Little Pigs. Scholastic, 1989.
Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Viking Juvenile, 1999.
Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. Scholastic,
1993.
Wiesner, David. The Three Pigs. Scholastic, 2001.
Too Much Noise variants:
Bania, Michael. Kumak’s House: A Tale of the Far North. Alaska Northwest
Books, 2002.
Cowley, Joy. The Bicycle. The Wright Group, 1983.
McGovern, Ann. Too Much Noise. Scholastic, 1967.
Supraner, Robyn. No Room for a Sneeze! Troll Associates, 1986.
Tuchman, Gail. Swing, Swing, Swing. Scholastic, 1994.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears variants:
Brett, Jan. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Scholastic, 1987.
Brett, Jan. The Three Snow Bears. Putnam Juvenile, 2007.
dePaola, Tomie. Tomie’s Three Bears and Other Tales. G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
2004.
Dealey, Erin. Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox. Scholastic, 2002.
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Goldilocks Returns. Aladdin, 2003.
Marshall, James. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Picture Puffin, 1998.
Lester, Helen. Tackylocks and the Three Bears. Scholastic, 2002.
Tolhurst, Marilyn. Somebody and the Three Blairs. Scholastic, 1990.
Carrie Higgins, LMS
Wissahickon Charter School
Philadelphia, PA
higgins@wissahickoncharter.org
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