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A prisoner on the planet Apokolips, her memory of her powers suppressed, Supergirl has been reduced to a serving girl for Granny Goodness and the Female Furies; but when she watches trainees prepare for the Cinder Games something in their moves is familiar, and with the help of a Mother Box she enters the games in disguise and wins, recovers her true identity, and escapes through a portal, leaving only a boot behind.
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Wonder Woman recognizes that the Beastiamorphs overrunning the island of Valdonia are creations of her old enemy, Circe, so she sets out to deal with the threat; but she finds that the petulant king wants Superman. Circe has disguised herself, and the only clue is a strange, pea-sized stone hidden under a tower of mattresses on Wonder Woman's bed--and she has to untangle Circe's spell, defeat the sorceress, and prove to the king that she is a real...
45) Valor
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Fairylogue Press
Pub. Date
[2015]-
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volumes : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Valor is a comic anthology of re-imagined fairy tales showcasing the talent of some of the top creators in digital comics. It pays homage to the strength, resourcefulness, and cunning of heroines in fairy tales through recreations of time-honored tales and brand new stories designed to be passed to future generations."--Back cover.
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HQ
Pub. Date
2021.
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342 pages ; 24 cm
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"Nottingham, 1906 Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered. At the wishes of her family, she will be obligated to marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But when a mysterious toymaker, Dr. Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in her life. Although Drosselmeier's magic is darker than Marietta could have imagined... When...
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It's not a fairy tale volume 3
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Two lions
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustration ; 29 cm
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"Little Red likes to play by the rules. So when the narrator comes along and asks her to follow the story set out in her fairy tale, she grabs the basket for Grandma and goes. After all, she loves her grandma. But unfortunately, none of the other characters are quite what they're expecting.... As Little Red attempts to follow the narrator's directions (which, frankly, seem kind of dangerous!), she is beset by fill-in characters, confusing instructions,...
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In this graphic version of the classic story, Jak and her broken-down robot, Cow, make a deal with the scrap collector; if they will take the Space Elevator to the supposedly deserted Cloud Kingdom and procure some nano-beans, Cow will be fixed as good asnew--but when they get there they find that the Kingdom is occupied by an immense alien monster.
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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85 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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In this rhyming mash-up of many fairy tales, the reader is invited to follow Rosie down the many possible paths which may lead to a sleeping maiden, a hungry wolf, a girl locked in a tower, or a goose that lays golden eggs--but with some luck, and some smart choices, Rosie may save herself and her fellow fairy tale characters.
51) Into the woods
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014, 1990
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1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The fairy tale characters of Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, and Jack (and the Beanstalk) are linked together with the characters of a baker and his wife. Their stories intertwine as they all search for something different in the woods. After they have all found happiness, they must band together to fight a giant.
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Fables (Bill Willingham) volume 8
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2009
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v. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
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Imagine that all the characters from the world's most beloved storybooks were real -- real, and living among us, with all their powers intact. How would they cope with life in our mundane, un-magical reality? Follows the adventures of storybook and nursery rhyme characters who live side-by-side with humans since being chased out of their own worlds by an enemy known as the Adversary.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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320, 4 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates...
55) Snow White
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
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ReganBooks
Pub. Date
c1999
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xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much-anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella tale. We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty ... and what curses accompanied Cinderella's...
57) Promchanted
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DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
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pages cm
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Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation.
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2017.
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"Gregory Maguire returns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carves him."--Amazon.com.
Hiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and pine forests north of Berlin in the Baltic Sea. Godfather Drosselmeier, a one-eyed toy maker, presents a Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. Klara...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2005
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
Sumario en español: Una adaptación de un cuento famoso en donde dos niños se pierden en el bosque y llegan a casa a pesar de un encuentro con una bruja mala.
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