Fairy Tales

Offers a different look at some classic stories, as a parent and child read before bedtime.

A clever cat helps his poor master win fame, fortune, and the hand of a beautiful princess.

The strength of a little girl's love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen's spell.

Tortoise and Hare are neighbors, but they have very different approaches to life: Hare does everything super quickly, but does not always pay attention to what is around her, Tortoise does things slowly and thoughtfully, but sometimes he fails to finish tasks--so when they agree to a race, Hare is certain she will finish first, but instead both Hare and Tortoise discover that what is most important is having a friend to keep you in balance.

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

"Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur--and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then--for no particular reason--they decided to go someplace else. They were definitely not setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl. Definitely not!"--Dust...

"A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. Incorporates Spanish words and Includes a glossary"--

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

In this retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen story in which two rascals sell a vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes, all the characters are animals.