Fairy Tales are not just for children.
Check out these alternative versions of your old favorites.

Beast ~Donna Jo Napoli
Who was Beast before Beauty found him? Spanning ancient Persia, France and India this is Prince Orasmyn’s story.

Beauty ~Robin McKinley
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.

Briar Rose ~Jane Yolen
In this retelling of Sleeping Beauty, young Becca is haunted by the tales of the Holocaust, and begins a search for her grandmother's World War II past.

Cinderella 2000 ~Mavis Jukes
Ashley has her heart set on spending New Year's Eve 1999 at an exclusive country club party with an Almost Boyfriend, but her ditzy stepmother and two bratty stepsisters may wreck her plans.

Crazy Jack ~Donna Jo Napoli
When Jack was nine his father mysteriously disappeared. Now, years later, he receives beans from an odd stranger, a large beanstalk grows and Jack climbs it in search of his father.

Just Ella ~Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.

The Magic Circle ~Donna Jo Napoli
A kind midwife-sorceress, tricked by the devil's minions, loses her gifts, is forced to become a witch and lives her life alone in the forest until two children--named Hansel and Gretel--wander by.

The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold ~Francesca Lia Block
Nine classic fairy tales set in modern, magical landscapes and retold with a Blockesque twist.

Rose Daughter ~Robin McKinley
Beauty is compelled to live at the terrifying Beast's castle, finding comfort in the palace's stunning greenhouse and restoring life to the Beast's lonely home.

Spinners ~Donna Jo Napoli
The first spinner honed his craft at a stolen wheel, crippling his leg, turning a room full of straw into a glittering dress for his beloved, only to lose her. The second, Saskia, steals moments to teach herself and grows up to be a master spinner. Nothing is beyond her--until she, too, must spin straw into gold.

Truly Grim Tales ~Priscilla Galloway
A guilt-ridden prince with a foot fetish seeking his glass-slippered dance partner and a beauty contest winner as Snow White's murderous stepmother are just two of the characters featured in this "grim" collection.

Zel ~Donna Jo Napoli
Zel begins to have thoughts of a life of her own and Mother becomes fearful of her daughter leaving her, so when a young man accidentally meets Zel and they become attracted to each other, Zel's mother locks her away in a tower far away from everyone, especially the young man.