(3) K-3 Illustrated by Raphaëlle Barbanègre. In this feminist fairy tale, Cinderella answers a fairy godmother's ad but gets an unsightly dress, beastly slippers, and a turnip coach. When Cinderella wins the prince's weird dance contest and discovers that he, too, "was much better in the magazine," she runs off to a girls-only job fair. Zany digital illustrations depict a fairy-tale realm that--like our real world--is far from picture perfect.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Raphaëlle Barbanègre. In Cali's spin on the classic fairy tale, Snow White keeps house for seventy-seven obliviously unhelpful dwarfs, all portrayed--to wonderful effect--in a rainbow palette. With all the laundry, individual bedtime stories, "beard maintenance," and so on, Snow White decides "to leave and take her chances with the witch." It's brilliant dark humor that will resonate more with parents than kids.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger