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Based on the author’s own takes on three well-known fairy tales, “Asha’s Big Adventure” tells the story of a little girl named Asha who ignores her parents’ warnings about going exploring in the woods near where they live. Asha soon finds herself getting lost, being chased by a hungry wolf, unable to cross a bridge because of a grumpy troll, and proven guilty of breaking and entering by an angry family of bears.

Masha è una bambina vivace e sempre sorridente, che vive con i suoi nonni in una bella casetta con i balconcini azzurri che si trova sul limitare di un grande bosco. A Masha piace giocare all'aria aperta e un bel giorno, assieme alle sue amichette, decide di andare in cerca di funghetti. Nel grande bosco Masha ne raccoglie davvero tanti, tutti quelli che riesce a far stare nel suo cestino. Quando però pensa che sia il momento di tornare dai suoi nonnini non trova più le sue amiche e non ricorda la strada per il villaggio.

This book has offered me an opportunity to put a few basic principles of life into simpler terms so that the very young can understand them. It has also given me the chance to use my imagination just a bit to add a little color to the circle of life. From an early age, I was a thinker. I would spend many hours twisting and turning things in my mind. My third grade teacher would sometimes read my stories in class and that was my favorite time in school.

Blanche-Neige inculpée ! Les dessous de l'affaire Cendrillon ! Le prince charmant démasqué ! Le scandale des contes de fées ! Voici "Le petit chaperon rouge", "Les trois petits cochons" et autres contes classiques revus et corrigés avec humour par Roald Dahl et Quentin Blake. Reconnaîtrez-vous ces contes étonnants et épouvantablement comiques ?

Ce loup dans le panier à salade est petit, gentil, gourmand et rusé ?! Et quand il rencontre une petite fille en rouge, gentille, gourmande et rusée elle aussi, ils jouent à cache-cache, il se narguent, ils se font des farces... Mais qui, des deux, sera le plus malin ?

Un génie, beau, fort et musclé, boucle à l'oreille, souvent les bras croisés, donne une graine à la mère Misère ; une sorte de haricot magique. Le bonheur doit fleurir... Mais à chaque fois que le printemps arrive, Abel le Rebelle et sa bande font pipi sur la fleur. Le génie ressort alors de sa bouteille.

Juan es un niño muy valiente que no conocía el miedo. Había escuchado hablar de él en muchas ocasiones, pero no sabía lo que era. Tantas ganas tenía de conocerlo que un día salió de su casa dispuesto a vivir aventuras, esperando toparse en algunas de ellas con algo que le hiciera sentir miedo.

A toy giant and a clockwork unicorn star in this retelling of Aesop's fable "The Lion and the Mouse" in a steampunk fantasy setting.

Quinn the Ballerina has returned to the stage to perform another role in a classic ballet. In volume two, the petite heroine dances the iconic role of Clara in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Join Quinn as she takes listeners on a thrilling adventure of a young girl who saves a prince and travels to a land filled with delicious candy. Based on the beloved holiday classic, Quinn the Ballerina: The Nutcracker will delight ballet fans of all ages.

What will the hare and the tortoise see as they race across Israel from Tel Aviv to the Dead Sea?

Times are changing at Fairy Tale Reform School. At least that's what Gilly's heard. Rumor is that notorious trickster Rumpelstiltskin has taken over management from Headmistress Flora, and he's locked down the school tighter than the Pied Piper's pants. Not that this news concerns Gilly - she's been released from FTRS and is now suffering through attending Jack of All Trades School, where she gets to learn about different kinds of shoe leather and ways to measure feet (truly riveting stuff!).

A play adaptation of the beloved fairytale.

A play adaptation of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, as told by Granny Kat.

Quinn the Ballerina can hardly believe it's finally performance day. She's playing her first principal role in a production of Sleeping Beauty. Yet, Quinn is also nervous. Can she really dance the challenging steps? Will people believe her as a cursed princess caught in a 100-year spell? Join Quinn as she transforms into Princess Aurora in an exciting retelling of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. Now you can relive, or experience for the first time, one of ballet's most acclaimed works as interpreted by a nine-year-old.

He won't let the children play in his garden. What can give him a change of heart?

This diary is the property of Snow White. Strictly speaking, I'm not supposed to keep a diary. No fairytale characters are. It's the unwritten rule of the land. And now I know why: because life here is so unlike anything people in the real world have been led to believe. Once it's finished, I'll have to find a hiding place for it. But if you're holding it now, it means it's been found, and the truth about my life can finally be revealed.

What if there were no magic left in the world? What if the secret to restoring it lay in a long-forgotten curse? The Dragon Rider series is a sword and sorcery fantasy with a touch of steampunk.

Long ago, the Old Ones were bad. They drank all the water, ate all the pine nuts, and left nothing for the other creatures. Sinawav the coyote punished them by turning them into rocky hoodoos. Now, when children misbehave, their Paiute elders remind them that they, too, could be turned into stone columns! Vivian has heard the stories, but this year as she and her grandmother climb the mesa to pick pine nuts, Vivian has something more important on her mind: basketball tryouts.

Hace tiempo, los Viejos eran malos. Ellos se bebieron toda el agua, se comieron todos los piñones y no dejaron nada para las otras criaturas. Sinawav, el coyote, los castigó convirtiéndolos en hoodoos rocosos. Ahora, cuando los niños se portan mal, ¡sus Paiute mayores les recuerdan que también ellos podrían convertirse en columnas de roca!

This is a collection of seven short stories, written or inspired by Hans Christian Andersen and retold by Adna Sablyich, with original sound effects and music by Chris French.