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Fractured Fairytales
By Paislee

A fractured fairytale is an original fairytale that is re-written with a twist. They are usually humorous. Some of my favorites are:
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs By A. Wolf

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other
Fairly Stupid Tales
(Jon Scieszka)
Revolting Rhymes
(Roald Dahl)
And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
(Janet Stevens)
Bubba the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale
(Helen Ketteman) *He has a fairy god-cow! *
Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairytale
(Pamela Duncan Edwards) *Fairydactyl! *
There are zillions more. There is an actual book called Fractured Fairy Tales

(A. J. Jacobs) from "Rocky & Bullwinkle"

I don't have any actual lesson plans. I just make sure I expose them as many as I can. Also, I learned my first year doing this unit that you can't expect that all students will be familiar with even the most common traditional farytales. I couldn't understand why some students just weren't 'getting it'. Finally I read the traditional version (wich I should have done first!) and I could practically see the lightbulbs over their heads.

Hope this helps!