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The highly recommended--by other readers-- Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo is on sale for $2.99 in ebook format. It is not a retelling of a particular fairy tale but uses many folklore elements, primarily Russian folklore to build its world and story. Book description: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life�a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what ...

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard  is on sale in ebook format for $1.99 for a limited time, down from $7.99. From my earlier post about the book a few weeks ago: Roses and Rot by Kat Howard is a new May release. This isn't a fairy tale retelling, but a faerie book. I don't track all of those on the blog, but when one gains my interest and notice, I share it here. This one reminded me a bit of Tam Lin and has an interesting premise but I haven't read it myself yet. It is also getting some considerable hype. Book description: Publishers Weekly Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Novel of Summer 2016 �Captivating, fiercely smart (about sisters, artists), utterly transporting. I read it so consumingly, it was more akin to swallowing it whole. Not to be missed.� �Megan Abbott, Edgar-winning author of The Fever and You Will Know Me �Kat Howard seems to possess a magic of her own, of making characters come alive and scenery so vivid, you forget it exists only on the page. Roses and Rot is both ...

Beauty and the Beast by Mahlon F. Craft (Author) and Kinuko Y. Craft (Illustrator) is officially released next month on July 26, 2016. Yay! A favorite illustrator illustrating my favorite tale. Yay yay yay! I have illustrations to share, which are from the book, but these images are from the 2017 calendar-- Beauty and the Beast 2017 Fairy Tale Wall Calendar --derived from the book which is available right now and may sell out since these calendars tend to do so. So I am sharing the book and the calendar now. In case you want both. Book description: Award-winning team Mahlon and Kinuko Craft bring us a gorgeous and vivid retelling of the classic story of Beauty and the Beast in this stunningly illustrated picture book. The tale is as old as time: A man steals a rose from the garden of a beast. His beautiful daughter sacrifices herself to a life in the beast�s castle to protect her father. The beast and the girl fall in love and live happily ever after� This beloved tale is captured wi...

Winter by Marissa Meyer is on sale in ebook format, today only, for $2.99. This is the first time it has been on sale at this low of a price. It is well worth the full price I paid for it, but if you don't have it yet, this is your chance to get it for a great price! Book description: The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend--the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long. Can Cinder, Scarlet...

The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins is on sale for $3.99 in ebook format. This was just released a few months ago and was priced about double this previously for ebook. From my earlier post upon its release: I am really excited with this one--I haven't read it yet, don't even have a copy--but it retells a lesser known Grimm tale, The Singing Bone . The Singing Bone falls into ATU 780 and has several variations. I haven't annotated this on SurLaLune although it has been on my consideration list for years. The tale has been retold by modern authors a few times in short fiction and poetry in the last three decades, but not often--if ever--in novel length. You can see a list of folklore variations of ATU 780 on D. L. Ashliman's site at The Singing Bone , too. The book will be part of a duology, The Eurona Duology, so there will be more to come, too from Higgins. Book description: Wendy Higgins, the author of the New York Times bestselling Sweet Evil series, reimagines a classi...

The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi (Author) and Shahar Kober (Illustrator) was released this past April. And, yes, it's a retelling of Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. With Dumplings. Book description: "A whimsical story about being different, and the power of love."�Wendy Orr, author of Nim's Island and The Princess and Her Panther It�s not easy being the ugliest dumpling in a dim sum restaurant. Uneaten and ignored, the ugly dumpling is down in the dumps. But when an encouraging cockroach sees the dumpling�s inner beauty, this unlikely duo embarks on an eye-opening adventure, leading the ugly dumpling to discover its true identity and realize that being different is beautiful after all. A modern fairytale retelling with a timeless moral: There�s a little ugly dumpling in all of us.

Where's the Princess?: And Other Fairy Tale Searches by Chuck Whelon was released earlier this year. It's a fairy tale version of Where's Waldo. I've got images below of the illustrations. Book description: Wave your magic wands and cast a spell to help you locate the princess and much more in this enchanting �search and find� activity book for fairy tale fans of all ages! Can you spot Cinderella and her glass slipper? How about Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf or Hansel and Gretel and the Hungry Witch? Do you see where Pinocchio and Geppetto are hiding? Can you find the Little Mermaid and the Sea King under the sea? Featuring characters, creatures, and objects from twelve of your favorite fairy tales, this magical �search and find� puts a fun and engaging new twist on your favorite classics.

Snow White by Donald Barthelme is on sale for $3.99 in ebook format, down from its usual $10.99. I've owned it in paper for at least fifteen years and have never read it. Maybe now that I have it on my Kindle it will move us the list! Book description: An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fairy tale provides an incisive and biting commentary on the absurdities and complexities of modern life. In Snow White, Donald Barthelme subjects the traditional fairy tale to postmodern aesthetics. In the novel, the seven dwarves are men who live communally with Snow White and earn a living by washing buildings and making Chinese baby food. Snow White quotes Mao and the dwarves grapple with low self-esteem in this raucous retelling of the classic tale.

Story Emporium: Five Funky Fairy Tale Plays by Dean Calusdian was released in May. Book description: Welcome to The Story Emporium where your favorite fables are sold and told! A collection of fairy tale plays filled with witty humor, word play and wacky characters. In a thrilling tale of nature gone berserk, the PIED PIPER must save the town of Hamlin from an invasion of rats. But are the townspeople willing to pay the price? Trapped in a tower with nothing but straw, a poor maiden must turn to the aid of the mysterious man known only as RUMPLESTILTSKIN. But she doesn't realize who she's dealing with. The barnyard is on the brink of destruction and there is no time for baking bread. Only the LITTLE RED HEN can save the day when Farmageddon is at hand. You'll experience the giant excitement of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK and be enthralled by Snow White, the classic tale of power, betrayal and deadly fruit. Story Emporium is packed with irreverent humor that keeps older students...

Rattlestiltskin by Eric A. Kimmel (Author) and Erin Camarca (Illustrator)  was released last month, the next in a series of retold fairy tales by Kimmel that include Jack and the Giant Barbecue and The Three Little Tamales. Book description: Rosalia is in debt to the strange little snake man Rattlestiltskin after he teaches her how to make tortillas so light they float in the air! Can she outsmart the trickster and keep her freedom? From renowned children's book author Eric A. Kimmel comes this delightful reimagining of the classic Rumplestiltskin with a Southwestern setting and Spanish vocabulary.

Princess Between Worlds: A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker was released in April. This is part of Baker's Wide-Awake Princess series which uses fairy tales and fairy tale tropes like so many of Baker's books do. Book description: The magic continues in the fifth tale of the Wide-Awake Princess! Just as Annie and Liam are busy making plans to travel the world, a witch shows up and gives them a collection of postcards from the Magic Marketplace. Each postcard gives Annie and Liam the opportunity to travel to exotic lands and far-flung kingdoms. What the witch doesn't give them are directions on how to safely return. With fan-favorite characters making special appearances from E. D. Baker's beloved Tales of the Frog Princess series, this addition to the Wide-Awake Princess series is not to be missed!

The Shadow Cadets of Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson is released today. It is the sequel to Pennyroyal Academy which was released in 2014. Fairy tale tropes are in use here but aren't specified in the book description for the original book or this sequel. Book description: Perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to M. A. Larson's Pennyroyal Academy, hailed by the New York Times as a "breathtakingly exciting novel" with a heroine who "deserves a special place in a new pantheon of capable, feisty and, yes, admirable literary princesses." A triumphant victory over the witches has proven that Princess Cadet Evie really does belong at Pennyroyal Academy. News of her heroism has traveled far and wide�inspiring a kingdom of grateful citizens and, when the new term starts, a wave of fresh Academy recruits. While it�s good to be returning to the Academy as a second-class Cadet, things are not as they should be. Evi...

Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer is currently $2.99, dropped from its usual $6.99. It's the second book in the Lunar Chronicles series. Book description: Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anythi...

Letters to Zell by Camille Griep is on sale TODAY ONLY for $1.99 in ebook format. Book description: Everything is going according to story for CeCi (Cinderella), Bianca (Snow White), and Rory (Sleeping Beauty)�until the day that Zell (Rapunzel) decides to leave Grimmland and pursue her life. Now, Zell�s best friends are left to wonder whether their own passions are worth risking their predetermined �happily ever afters,� regardless of the consequences. CeCi wonders whether she should become a professional chef, sharp-tongued and quick-witted Bianca wants to escape an engagement to her platonic friend, and Rory will do anything to make her boorish husband love her. But as Bianca�s wedding approaches, can they escape their fates�and is there enough wine in all of the Realm to help them? In this hilarious modern interpretation of the fairy-tale stories we all know and love, Letters to Zell explores what happens when women abandon the stories they didn�t write for themselves and go comple...