What's the name of the book about backwards/twisted fairy tales?

Question

I can't think of the name for the life of me. I remember reading it in 2nd or 3rd grade at school. It was hardcover and pretty thick. All I remember is that it took classic fairy tales and twisted them around to create hillarious versions.

Answer 1

Would this be it?
Fractured Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by A.J. Jacobs

"Long before Politically Correct Bedtime Stories invaded bookstores, Americans were getting their giggles from Fractured Fairy Tales, those delightfully twisted parables brought to us between the cliffhanger adventures of our favorite cartoon heroes, Rocky & Bullwinkle. This collection, illustrated with classic art from the animated series includes the comical retelling of 25 classics such as Pinocchio (who starred in his own variety show "The Pinocchio Doody Show"), Jack and the Beanstalk (did you know that Jack grew a beanstalk in the outfield so he could catch fly balls for his baseball team?), or King Midas (who became a dentist so he could give his patients gold fillings). This satirical humor loved for so long by so many, is a must-have for fans of the show and anyone who loves classic fairy tales--with a twist."

there's also this one, but it's new (2006)

Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales
by Gregory Maguire

"This book was hysterical. Though at first I thought it was for children, there are a quite a few adult themes to be found. Gregory Maguire puts his own spin on several famous fairy tales, using modern themes and animals to tell the story. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes So What and the Seven Giraffes, in which So What is an obnoxious chimp who's gorilla stepmother is angry because her magic mirror tells her that the chimp is stronger than she is."

and this:

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator), Lane Smith (Illustrator)

"Synopsis
Wonderfully quirky, this book breathes new life into staid children's stories. In these irreverent variations on well-known themes, the ugly duckling grows up to be an ugly duck, and the princess who kisses the frog wins only a mouthful of amphibian slime.
Annotation
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
Publishers Weekly
Grade-school irreverence abounds in this compendium of (extremely brief) fractured fairy tales, which might well be subtitled ``All Things Gross and Giddy.'' With a relentless application of the sarcasm that tickled readers of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs , Scieszka and Smith skewer a host of juvenile favorites: Little Red Running Shorts beats the wolf to grandmother's house; the Really Ugly Duckling matures into a Really Ugly Duck; Cinderumpelstiltskin is ``a girl who really blew it.'' Text and art work together for maximum comic impact--varying styles and sizes of type add to the illustrations' chaos, as when Chicken Licken discovers that the Table of Contents, and not the sky, is falling. Smith's art, in fact, expands upon his previous waggery to include increased interplay between characters, and even more of his intricate detail work. The collaborators' hijinks are evident in every aspect of the book, from endpapers to copyright notice. However, the zaniness and deadpan delivery that have distinguished their previous work may strike some as overdone here. This book's tone is often frenzied; its rather specialized humor, delivered with the rapid-fire pacing of a string of one-liners, at times seems almost mean-spirited. Ages 5-up. (Oct.)"

Answer 2

There are many versions of them. I'm pretty sure I read that when I was younger too. Now that's plaguing me as well.

The one above me is the anthology of stories used in Rocky and Bullwinkle, the TV show from the 70's.

I don't recall an anthology, but the ones I read when I was young was the Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine. My love for backwards fairy tales has still not changed. I just read adult versions of them now. Rose Daughter and Spindle's End by Robin McKinley are my favorites.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Sounds like the Stinky Cheese man. But that isn't all that thick.

Answer 5

The Grimm fairytales I think