fairy tale recommendations

I tried posting this yesterday, but I haven't seen it yet. I don't
think it went out, but if it's a repeat, I'm sorry. Here's the
question:

My almost-9-year-old daughter has asked for a book of fairy tales for
Christmas. She's an advanced reader who reads at the sixth grade
level. I'd like to track down a regular-sized (not oversized and not a
picture book, per se) version that would be engaging to a child this
age. Illustrations would be a plus but not strictly necessary. I like
Grimm's fairy tales, but if I did get her a copy of them, they'd have
to be a lot less grim than the version I read as a child. (All I
remember is something about a stepmother or a witch or someone similar
putting on hot shoes and dancing till she died. That's *not* what I'm
looking for!)

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

beeswing