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Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Retells the classic Grimm fairy tale of the children who encounter a witch in the forest, together with three similar tales from Russia, Italy, and the Philippines.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Author
Series
Grimmtastic girls volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
175 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Gretel begins to explore the dangerous Neverwood Forest outside of Grimm Academy, she finds herself trapped by the E.V.I.L. Society and must foil their dastardly plans.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
NC 630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mrs. Maggot is the world's meanest lunch lady and keeps her fairy tale desserts under lock and key. Desperate for a taste, Hansel and Gretel trick their way into the forbidden kitchen. But will they end up with a taste of their own medicine?
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 10
Publisher
Scholastic Press/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2016.
Lexile measure
410L
Physical Desc
155 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this trip through the magic mirror, Abby and Jonah find themselves in the tale of Hansel and Gretel, where they have to deal with the witch and hope the portal will open so they can get home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
A witch, an evil orphanage caretaker, and an enchanted house. But in this contemporary retelling of the classic tale Hansel and Gretel, twins Hansen and Gracie are not like other children. They have a connection that no one else can understand. But will it be enough to save them from the evil they encounter?
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (33 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
The Undead Family is out of brains to eat! Tourists have stopped visiting their home--a graveyard--for some time now, and the family of zombies is starving. So they venture into the Magical Forest, disguised as tourists, hoping to lure humans to an early grave! Unfortunately, an evil witch has other plans for the crepescular kiddies and sets up her own tourist trap . . .
Author
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This You Choose adventure is told from three different perspectives--the witch tries to explain that her motives are innocent; Gretel helps her brother Hansel explore a planet made of chocolate; and Hansel follows his wheelchair-bound friend Gretel into a virtual reality simulation--and the reader chooses which plot to pursue.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
So what if 12-year-old Jack's great-great-great-great-great aunt has oddly youthful looks? (Probably cosmetic surgery.) Or a hat she never removes? (Fashion victim.) Or goes out into the creepy forest at midnight to play bingo? (Must be what people do in the country.) Who cares about that when her cottage doesn't even have Wi-Fi?! Forced to visit his distant relative with the unusual name of Gretel, Jack is about to find out that fairy tales aren't...
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being abandoned, a poor brother and sister's loyalty toward one another allows them to stand together and overcome fear in the shape of an evil forest witch. The Fairy Tale Collection introduces young readers to classic stories of magic, adventure, and lessons learned. The stories in this collection are woven and retold in a unique way but remain faithful to original intent. Original artwork depicts the journey of each classic tale and brings...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
283 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Maud has grown up in a house made of gingerbread, wanting nothing more than to be a witch like Mother Agatha. But just like all of Agatha's creations, Maud will turn back into gingerbread if anything ever happens to Agatha. After a terrible fight, Maud storms off only to return home to learn that Hansel and Gretel, a pair of witch hunters, have pushed Agatha into the cottage's oven. To save herself and the other gingerbread creations, Maud will have...
12) Gretel & Hansel
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the classic Grimm fairy tale of the children who encounter a witch in the forest, together with three similar tales from Russia, Italy, and the Philippines.
14) After the forest
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of "happily ever after." Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its...
15) Mirror, Mirror
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time... in a world far removed from the days when fairy tales were new, five bestselling authors spin versions that take the classic stories into a new dimension. You'll recognize Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, the Little Match Girl, and other enduring characters -- but they'll exist in realms beyond your imagination, where the familiar is transformed into the extraordinary and otherworldly.
Author
Series
Grimmworld volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
viii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When twins Willow and Jake are pulled into an alternate universe filled with characters from the Grimm fairy tales, they must battle the witch in the woods to save Hansel and Gretel and find a way home." -- Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready for a twisted take on the classic tale as Hansel and Gretel have turned pro, coping with the trauma of their childhood captivity by slaying witches for hire. But when the seemingly unstoppable bounty hunters meet their match in an enemy so evil, it'll take all their training, weapons and courage to survive. Revenge is sweeter than candy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The three little Superpigs have been invited to perform at Fairyland's Halloween parade, but before they get started they find out that a wicked witch has stolen all the Halloween candy; they track her to the gingerbread house--but when they enter they are confronted not by the witch but by an old foe.
Author
Series
It's not a fairy tale volume 2
Publisher
Two Lions, an imprint of Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hansel and Gretel will not listen to their storyteller. For one thing, who leaves a trail of bread crumbs lying around, when there are people starving? Not Hansel, that's for sure! And that sweet old lady who lives in a house made of cookies and candy? There's no way she's an evil witch! As for Gretel, well, she's about to set the record straight--after all, who says the story can't be called Gretel and Hansel? It's time for these wacky siblings to...