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Funny Fairy Tales

Do you love Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk?  These old classics are great, but sometimes we want a new spin on an old fave.  Not only are these books great fairy tale retellings, but they are also laugh-out-loud funny!  Check out the list below!

Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers

Author: John Dougherty

Illustrator: Sam Ricks

Welcome to the kingdom of Great Kerfuffle!  Great Kerfuffle is really great. And there's usually a kerfuffle (the clue's in the name really). This particular kerfuffle started the day Stinkbomb's twenty dollar bill went missing. Stinkbomb and his little sister Ketchup-Face know exactly who took it: the badgers. After all, they're called badgers because they do bad things; otherwise they'd just be gers. They bring news of the badgers' treachery to King Toothbrush Weasel who sends them on a quest to rid the land of badgers that not even a knight in shining armor could complete! What follows is a full on kerfuffle-fest, containing:  one deep dark forest, a grocery cart in distress, a song about jam--and, of course, a band of very tricky badgers. Will Stinkbomb and Ketchup-face catch the thief and save the kingdom of these beasts?

The Life of Zarf Series

Author: Rob Harrell

Middle school is anything but a fairy tale when you’re a troll. Luckily, Zarf and his two best friends know how to make the most of life at the bottom of the school hierarchy. In this series, fractured fairytales meet the modern world as readers get a chance to watch Zarf search for missing kings, battle wolves trying to kidnap Little Red Ridinghood's child, and use his nautical-know how to rise in the ranks of middle school popularity.  Check out Life of Zarf: The Trouble with Weasels, Life of Zarf: The Troll Who Cried Wolf, and Life of Zarf: Troll Overboard!

The Hamster Princess Series

Author: Ursula Vernon

Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess–she loves cliff-diving, fighting Ogrecats, and fractions!  In twists on Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and Jack in the Beanstalk, Princess Harriet refuses to be a hamster damsel in distress and decides to embark on her own quests and be her own type of princess.  Check out the Hamster Princess series: Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible, Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic, Hamster Princess: Ratpunzel, and Hamster Princess: Giant Trouble.

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