Books like Puss in Boots
By Charles Perrault
For the kid who roots for the underdog and loves a scheme that actually works, this is a fairy tale where cleverness — not luck or magic — rewrites someone's entire fortune. Sly, grand, and a little mischievous, with old-world fairy-tale polish.
A mistreated young girl is helped by her blue fairy godmother so she can attend the palace ball, where an endearing, somewhat overweight Prince Charming awaits.
A kitten spots the full moon and mistakes it for a bowl of milk, then sets off on a quest to reach it — a night that leaves her tired, wet, and hungry.
A little girl finds Santa standing right in her own house and can't stop asking him questions — about her fishes, her piano playing, and eventually a ride in his sleigh.
A cat on Nantucket Island searches for the perfect place to live, using up eight of his nine lives along the way before finding home.
A knight known as the Red Cross Knight sets out with a princess to face a dragon that has terrorized the countryside for years, in a battle that will decide the land's fate.
A clever spider man sets out to buy all the world's stories from the Sky God, who demands an impossible price: a fierce leopard, a fire-stinging hornet, and a fairy no one can see.
A sandy-colored leopard hunts easily on the open plains until the animals flee to a shadowy, spotted forest — leaving him to find a clever way to blend in or go hungry.
A spider sets off on a dangerous journey and is rescued in turn by his six sons — then faces a puzzle: which son deserves the glowing reward he found?
A sturdy farm girl named Fanny Agnes waits in her garden for a fairy godmother to whisk her off to the mayor's grand ball and her destined prince — but who actually shows up changes everything.
A boy and his dog believe a few falling snowflakes will turn into something wonderful, even while every grown-up around them insists it's nothing at all.
A Siamese cat who imagines he's a bold Chihuahua bounces into his closet and lands in a snowy make-believe forest, where the seven Chimichangos dare him to kiss a frozen princess awake.
A girl and her house full of rescued, misfit creatures grow restless and decide to move on — but when every one of her careful plans falls apart, she has to find another way forward.
