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2013., Penguin Books Call No: 398.2 P982f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Penguin classics deluxe edition.Summary Note: " The acclaimed retelling of the world's best-loved fairy tales by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Golden Compass-now in paperback, and with 3 new tales! Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their first volume of fairy tales. Since then, such stories as "Cinderella," "Snow White," "Rapunzel," and "Hansel and Gretel" have become deeply woven into the Western imagination. Now Philip Pullman, the New York Times-bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm. Here are Pullman's fifty favorites-a wide-ranging selection that includes the most popular stories as well as lesser-known treasures like "The Three Snake Leaves," "Godfather Death," and "The Girl with No Hands"-alongside his personal commentaries on each story's sources, variations, and everlasting appeal. Suffused with romance and villainy, danger and wit, Pullman's beguiling retellings will cast a spell on readers of all ages. "--
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-- Beauty and the beastGeneral, TVA films : Voyager Co. [distributor] Call No: DVD Fic Belle Bete Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "1810: Plagued by bankruptcy, a widowed merchant has no other choice but to sell his town house, forcing him and his six children to move to the countryside. Unsurprisingly, his youngest daughter and closest to his heart, Belle, is the only one easily adapting to this lifestyle change. While lost in the forest on a business trip, the merchant stumbles upon the magical domain of the Beast, where he's sentenced to death for stealing a single rose for Belle. Feeling responsible, Belle escapes on her father's horse and returns to the castle where she will sacrifice her life in place of her father's. Held captive at the castle, Belle is smothered in luxurious goods and allowed to roam the grounds, but must return every evening to share dinner with the Beast. While rejecting the Beast's romantic advances, Belle slowly uncovers the glorious princely past of her host through mysterious dreams.".
![La belle et la bête [DVD] (2014) Directed by Christophe Gans : Beauty and the beast.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "La belle et la bête [DVD] (2014) Directed by Christophe Gans : Beauty and the beast.")
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By Dean, Sunyi2022., Adult, Tor Call No: Fic Dea Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries. Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories. But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
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c2014., General, Hamish Hamilton Call No: BLK Fic Oye Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty--the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but elements of the familiar tale of aesthetic obsession begin to play themselves out when the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as lightskinned African Americans passing for White. Among them, Boy, Snow, and Bird confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold.
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2020., Coach House Books Call No: 398.3561 L475d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Exploded viewsSummary Note: "Challenges the ableism of fairy tales and offers new ways to celebrate the magic of all bodies. In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm - as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After all, the ogre never gets the princess. And since fairy tales are the foundational myths of our culture, how can a girl with a disability ever think she'll have a happy ending? By examining the ways that fairy tales have shaped our expectations of disability, Disfigured will point the way toward a new world where disability is no longer a punishment or impediment but operates, instead, as a way of centering a protagonist and helping them to cement their own place in a story, and from there, the world. Through the book, Leduc ruminates on the connections we make between fairy tale archetypes - the beautiful princess, the glass slipper, the maiden with long hair lost in the tower - and tries to make sense of them through a twenty-first-century disablist lens. From examinations of disability in tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen through to modern interpretations ranging from Disney to Angela Carter, and the fight for disabled representation in today's media, Leduc connects the fight for disability justice to the growth of modern, magical stories, and argues for increased awareness and acceptance of that which is other - helping us to see and celebrate the magic inherent in different bodies."--
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2024., HarperPerennial Call No: NEW 292.2 H424d Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and desires rival those of their male kin.
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[1967], Juvenile, Dover Publications Call No: 398.2 E58e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Forty-three tales of fairies, giants, and foolish ones from the folklore that served to amuse the unlettered classes of "Merrie England.".
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-- Disney Frozen2014., Juvenile, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Frozen Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Disney DVD.Summary Note: "Walt Disney Animation Studios presents a chilly twist on one of the most humorous and heartwarming stories ever told. 'Disney Animation's best since The Lion King,' (William Bibbiani, CraveOnline) will melt your heart. Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey -- teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven -- to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. Bring home Frozen on DVD and Blu-ray - featuring cool bonus extras with gorgeous animation, memorable characters and unforgettable music. It's dazzling fun for the whole family!"--Container.
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-- Ginger bread.2019., Adult, Hamish Hamilton Call No: BLK Fic Oye Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What is Not Yours is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories--equal parts wholesome and uncanny; from the tantalizing witch's house in "Hansel and Gretel" to the man-shaped confection who one day decides to run as fast as he can--beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share a gold-painted, seventh-floor walk-up apartment with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. And then there's the gingerbread they make. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it's very popular in Druhástrana, the far away (or, according to many sources, non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. The world's truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread, however, is Harriet's charismatic childhood friend Gretel--a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to Harriet since they met. Decades later, when teenaged Perdita sets out to find her mother's long lost friend, it prompts a new telling of Harriet's story. As the book follows the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition, family grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the one thing that reliably holds a constant value. Endlessly surprising and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi's inimitable style and imagination, it is a true feast for the reader."--.
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[1945], Juvenile, Grosset & Dunlap Call No: 398.2 G864g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Illustrated junior library
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2021., Adult, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: MYS Fic Gol Edition: First Canadian edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: It's December in a small seaside town, and Ruby Harper spends her nights looking into her neighbor's apartment. Unable to sleep due to insomnia and the heartache of a family she has run away from, she fantasizes that the mystery man she watches could be the answer to her loneliness. But one night Ruby sees something unexpected: the man is not alone; a woman and a child are sharing the apartment, and they never go outside. Why are they kept hidden? Then the man is found half-drowned in the bathtub, a pile of women's clothes is left on the beach, and a little girl is discovered, abandoned. Detective Sergeant Joanna Harper is assigned to the case, which grows more complicated by the minute. Soon, a shocking revelation and a desperate bid for freedom put Ruby at the center of a crime, and hot on her trail is DS Harper, who knows her better than anyone and is ready to anticipate her every move.
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[2015]., [Publisher not identified] Call No: DVD Fic IntoWo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel, all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a curse on them.
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c1973., Juvenile, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 398.2 G864j Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Twenty-seven newly translated fairy tales from Grimm including many old favorites as well as such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree," "Many-Fur," and "Brother Gaily.".
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-- Le petit prince2017., Arcturus Call No: Fic Sai Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When a pilot crash-lands in the Sahara Desert he meets a stranger -- a little prince -- who has arrived on Earth from an entirely different planet. By listening to the prince's stories and his questions about the world, it becomes clear to the pilot that truths about life can reveal themselves in the most unlikely places.
