Fairy Tale Comics

Duffy, C. (Ed.). (2013). Fairy
tale comics: classic tales told
by extraordinary cartoonists.
New York: First Second. 

Fairy Tale Comics
Classic tales told by extraordinary cartoonists
Edited by Chris Duffy
Published by First Second
New York, New York
2013
128 pages

Fairy Tale Comics is a collection of 17 fairy tales written, as you may have guessed, in graphic novel/comic book form. Each story is written/cartoon-ized by a different author, giving the story a variety of comic book styles and making each story's format unique. This makes for some great classroom exploration of comic book styles! 

Use this book in your classroom to explore every author's unique style - how does one author's style differ from another's? Compare and contrast the authors' uses of sound effects, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, panel layouts, etc. Compare and contrast the versions of the fairy tales in this story to the classic fairy tales - for example, compare this book's version of Snow White to the Little Golden Book version of Snow White. The last couple of pages in the book have a list of contributors (i.e. all the different authors/illustrators) with a short bio - perfect for further exploration! Purchase the collection here!

Stories included: 

Sweet Porridge!

The 12 Dancing Princesses

Hansel and Gretel

Puss in Boots

Little Red Riding Hood

The Prince and the Tortoise

Snow White

The Boy Who Drew Cats

Rumpelstiltskin

Rabbit Will Not Help

Rapunzel

The Small-Tooth Dog

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Baba Yaga

Bremen Town

Give Me the Shudders

Azzolino's Story Without End