{"id":17623,"date":"2026-04-09T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?page_id=17623"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:10:52","slug":"picture-books-that-provide-a-twist-on-a-traditional-fairy-tale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/have-experienced-them-all\/picture-books-that-provide-a-twist-on-a-traditional-fairy-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Books that Provide a Twist on a Traditional Fairy Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have always been deeply fond of fairy tales. I enjoy exploring the nuances between different versions and uncovering the meanings that lie beneath the surface. Yet most of the stories I grew up with are rooted in a white, Western\n perspective and shaped by traditional gender roles. Stories for children should help them see themselves reflected in what they read. As\n Lucas Maxwell<\/a> observes, young readers need to \u201csee their cultures, their families, their religions, and their backgrounds written in genuinely and not as some throwaway tick-box\u201d to truly connect. The selection below embraces\n that idea, offering reimagined fairy tales that open the genre to greater diversity.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n A Limerick Fairytale<\/a> – <\/span>Gr\u00e1inne O\u2019Brien & Lena Stawowy
<\/span>\n Once Upon a Wild Wood<\/a> – Chris Riddell
<\/span>\n Fearless Fairy Tales<\/a> – Konnie Huq & James Kay
Princess and the Peas<\/span> – Rachel Himes
Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf<\/span> –\n Davide Cali & Marianna Balducci\n \n
The Twelve Dancing Princesses<\/a> – Rachel Isadora
Hansel & Gretel<\/span> – Beth Woollvin\n \n
Ninja Red Riding Hood<\/a> – Corey Rosen Schwartz & Dan Santat
<\/span>\n Beauty and the Beast <\/a>– H. Chuku Lee & Pat Cummings<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have always been deeply fond of fairy tales. I enjoy exploring the nuances between different versions and uncovering the meanings that lie beneath the surface. Yet most of the stories I grew up with are rooted in a white, Western perspective and shaped by traditional gender roles. Stories for children should help them see themselves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21242,"parent":3170,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17623","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17623"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22379,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17623\/revisions\/22379"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}