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Presents the adventures of Pinocchio, a mischievous wooden puppet, who wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

An easy retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.

Publication of the Grimms' Children's Stories and Household Tales in 1812 brought the great European oral folk tradition into print for the first time. The Annotated Brothers Grimm returns in a deluxe and augmented 200th-anniversary edition commemorating that landmark event. Maria Tatar includes six new entries, among them "Four Clever Brothers," "The Water of Life," "The White Snake," and "The Old Man and His Grandson." The expanded edition features...

Against the will of their grandmother, twins Alex and Conner must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it has ever faced--the return of the Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty.

Retells the story of a wicked fairy who casts a spell that dooms a princess to sleep for one hundred years.

A mistreated kitchen maid, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight.

A king's daughter undertakes a difficult task to rescue her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother.

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.