Fairy+Tales

Fracturing Fairy Tales


 * Perhaps, you want to try your hand at rewriting a favorite old folk tale adding your own twists and turns and dashes of bizarre humor. **
 * Voila! You have just created your own 'FRACTURED FAIRY TALE"! **

(Examples of published works are in parenthesis.) > > ** 1. Tell it from a different point of view. For instance, did you ever think how the witch felt having two bratty kids nibbling on her newly decorated gingerbread house? ** > ** Three Little Pigs (can use this to refresh your memory!) ** > ** ("The True Story of the Three Little Pig") ** > > > 2. Take a character from the story and tell another story concerning that character. For instance, tell a story about the woodcutter in > "Little Red Riding Hood" or the cow, Milky White, that was traded in "Jack and the Beanstalk." > > 3. Write a different ending. Perhaps, Jack didn't get away from the giant - what happened then? Or, you could tell what happened after the story ended. > ("The Frog Prince, Continued"). > > 4. Make the main character a different type of person or even change the person into an animal > ("Ruby" and "Cinderella Penguin") > > 5. Add new characters to tell the story > (Cinderella with Benjy and Bubbles"). > > 6. Have well-known fairy tale characters meet: > ("Adventures of Simple Simon" or the musical, "Into the Woods"). > > 7. Or, go completely bizarro, and do a combination of the above.  > ("Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Stories").
 * Listed below are some ploys used by authors to produce award-winning books. **

> **// There is a storyteller, Ed Stivender, who makes up fractured fairy tales in a matter of minutes by using the following formula: //** > > - select a famous fairy tale character > - select another famous fairy tale character > - select a modern saying > - select a famous place > - select a problem (silly or serious; ex.- environment, a bad hair day, allergic reactions, literacy, no money, etc.)

> > **Hans Christian Andersen Titles****:**
 * Choose from the following: **

__**The Emperor's New Suit**__

__**The Red Shoes**__

**__The Ugly Duckling__**

**The Brothers Grimm Titles****:**

**__The Frog Prince__**

**__Hansel and Grethel__**

**__Little Red Riding Hood__**

**__Rapunzel__**

**__Rumpelstiltskin__**

**__Sleeping Beauty__**

**__Snow White__**

**__Tom Thumb__**

**Additional Resources:**


 * Hans Christian Anderson **


 * Grimms' Fairy Tales**


 * Audio Fairy Tales**

Coming soon...link to a bibliography of Fractured Fairy Tales!

**Worksheets to use for Mrs. Bydash Activity:**


 * Mrs.Bydash Blog **

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