Recs if you like The Frog Princess...

No Hans Christian Andersen on this list. Retellings based on...Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, The Goose Girl, Snow White, Snow White + Rose Red, Rapunzel, Hansel + Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, King Thrushbeard, The Pied Piper, The Six Swans, The Brave Little Tailor, Bearskin, Puss in Boots, Allerleirauh, The Wolf + the Fox, The Pink, Maid Maleen, Brother + Sister, The Golden Goose, The Six Swans, etc. As always… no Gaiman

if not friend then why friend shaped? nonfiction and fiction in which our lovely amphibians, frogs & toads fantastic duet, play the main role recs are always welcomed

for times when a tall mc might not be what you want, here’s a list of short baddies 😈 what they lack in vertical height, they make up for in other areas 🥵 canonically shorter characters deserve their own list 🙂‍↕️

you know the drill, always taking suggestions!

Who TF needs JKR anymore? We got way better books out there dude

feminine old-timey fairytail-esque feelgood fantasy/historical fiction that defined girlhood

these are all cozy fantasy that I've read and am alr thinking about rereading

YA fiction retelling, inspired by, and about fairy tales, published for teens between 1990 and 2009.

Joining my younger self on a reread of all the books I was exceptionally obsessed with in elementary, middle, and high school to reread this year between heavier books (some of the series are very long so I’m only including first in a series)

there may be dark moments but the warm fuzzies prevail in these speculative novels ✨ note many of these are series!

Every book that has been adapted into a movie covered by the Blank Check podcast

What I fell asleep reading in the back of my dad’s car

Some of my personal faves from my middle school/early high school years that I whole heartedly recommend!!

middle grade and ya fairytale retellings