"The magic mirror has a crack and it sends Abby, Jonah, and Prince into the mixed up tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and they soon find that Goldy is in need of a lot of gold to get her father out of jail, and so they find themselves negotiating between the Bears, who want honey, and Rumpelstiltskin, who just wants a friend or two--but King Ned is just plain greedy and somehow the children and Goldy's father have to escape from the king's...

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves that she is a real princess.

The first in a series of 12 fairy tale anthologies beloved of children in the nineteenth century. Andrew Lang collected stories from communities and traditions all over the world for his fairy books: from the Arabian Nights, China, and the Brothers Grimm. Many of the tales were translated into English for the first time for these anthologies, from languages as far afield as Russian, Norse, and Japanese. Republished here with the original illustrations....

'This collection of much-loved folk tales features such familiar characters as daring Little Red Riding Hood , crafty Rumpelstiltskin and the ill-fated infants Hansel and Gretel. They are as magical and fascinating today as when they were first told, despite - or because of - the underlying darkness as their heart. Collected in a single volume by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and first published in 1812, these stories are known and loved by...

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat, the clever Puss, outwits an evil giant.

New translation of thirty Hans Christian Andersen tales including early stories through poignant masterpieces to later tales for adults.

Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Portugal, Romania, Germany, Italy, Africa, Scandinavia, Russia, Serbia, and Japan.

Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

After the Snow Queen kidnaps her friend Kai, Gerda embarks on a perilous and magical journey to search for him.