Okay, so post your favorite fairytale here.
I’ll pick one person to win both The Raven Prince and The Leopard Prince.
But there’s a catch!
NO, Disney fairytales!
(Sorry, Walt.)
Okay, so post your favorite fairytale here.
I’ll pick one person to win both The Raven Prince and The Leopard Prince.
But there’s a catch!
NO, Disney fairytales!
(Sorry, Walt.)
I love the remaking of the Sister and the Six Swans by Juliet Marillier in her wonderful book, Daughter of the Forest.
Well, I really love Fantaghiro, there’s a literary film adaption with Mario Adorf and Alessandra Martines.
The three little pigs gets my vote!
Oops, brain fart, the three little pigs is Disney. Sorry!
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen.
I always loved the fairytale in Texas about how the bluebonnets came about and bloom in the spring. It was a book that was read to us Texas schoolchildren in elementary school.
Rumpelstilskin! It’s about a girl who catches a prince as her husband with the help of a goblin/elf. And when it’s payback time, the heroine refuses to give her firstborn child to the goblin, and makes a wager with him, which, of course, she wins. Talk about having the pie and eating it,too!
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. She kills herself in the end. I don’t think Disney liked that part.
I always loved Jack and the Beanstalk. For some reason I always felt sorry for Jack — lol, don’t know why now after all these many moons have gone by. I remember my mother taking me to a local zoo/playground where they had a Jack and the Beanstalk piece, and I would always climb the beanstalk up to where Jack was and talk to him. Took forever to get me to come down so other kids could play on it! I had to soothe those sad feelings in himm, I guess!
“Beauty” by Robin McKinley. A terrific retelling of the classic tale, “Beauty and the Beast.”
The Goose Girl was one of my favorites growing up besides the standard ones that Disney made cartoons of.
Well, if you want the children’s librarian to get all dorky and technical, most of those Disney versions are from other sources originally (Grimm, Perrault). The Three Little Pigs is a British Folktale.
When I was young, Snow White was my favorite by virtue of the fact that she was the only dark-haired princess. The Disney film of this one is probably the closest to the Brothers Grimm. It has that sense of menace.
I also liked Snow White & Rose Red (also Brothers Grimm) because Rose Red had brown hair (all the blondes bugged me). These days I like Goldilocks and the Three Bears & Rumpelstilskin best because I can read them to my son w/o him getting scared 🙂
What a good question!
I always loved Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine but I’m not sure if the movie version was made by Disney.
Otherwise, The Gingerbread Man was always a favorite just because I envisioned biting his head off while reading.
I had to read The Arabian Nights as part of my literary criticism class and I enjoyed many of those stories too.
I always liked Rapunzel. And Rose Red.
I’ve never heard of Fantaghiro, Katie! I’ll have to go look it up. And yeah, the original Little Mermaid was a whole lot darker than Disney’s version. Anyone ever read HCA’s The Little Matchstick Girl? Waaaa! or The Red Shoes? That one’s just sadistic.
I’ll check in again later, so there’s still time to enter the contest!
Well, if you want the children’s librarian to get all dorky and technical, most of those Disney versions are from other sources originally (Grimm, Perrault). The Three Little Pigs is a British Folktale.
Thanks Devon! I’ll take the Three Little Pigs 😀
A King for Brass Cobweb by Dawn L. Watkins is wonderful but it’s not old. It may be a retelling of some classic, especially since it is such an obvious plot. I’ve been trying to find a folk tale online with a similar plot but haven’t gotten to it, yet.
I grew up on Greek mythology but they really weren’t too big on the HEA. I remember my Daddy (another Texas girl, here) reading me Hindu stories. I don’t want to get myself in trouble mixing stories some people consider their faith with fairy tales so I’ll stop here.
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deadline… guess I need those
Coolio another texan. We rawk.
Hi all,
I’ll have to say Little Red Riding Hood. What a great kid to visit her grandmother!:-) even if she does have to battle a wolf.
Heh, I had a thought. What about the Politically Correct Fairytales? Those were HILARIOUS!
The Frog King by the Brothers Grimm
I always liked “Puss in Boots” and “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.”
I absolutely adore “The Long-haired Princess”, “Puddocky”, and “Goose Girl”.
My two favorites are “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Ugly Duckling”. I’m not talking about Disney’s version of Beauty and the Beast (which I love, by the way) but I love all the variations on this fairytale, and I remember a movie of it I saw as a girl, that if my memory doesn’t fail me was one of the tales presented by Shirley Temple. And the TV series “Beauty and the Beast” in the 80’s, terrific!
The Princess and the Pea
Julia–Do you read any PC Cast. Her “Goddess of the Rose” had a
B&tB theme, except he doesn’t get all handsome at the end. I liked that one a lot.
Good morning and CONGRATULATIONS to WILLA for winning both THE RAVEN PRINCE and THE LEOPARD PRINCE! Willa, please contact me via my website (www.elizabethhoyt.com) and I’ll get those books in the mail to you pronto!
Thank you to everyone for participating in the contest!
Squeeeeee! Thank you so much. 😀