Cindrella is abused and exploited by her stepmother and stepsisters after her father's remarriage, but she is able to attend a royal ball with the help of her fairy godmother. The king's son falls in love with her, and when she is forced to flee at midnight, the prince is able to locate her with the glass slipper she left behind. Because she is good, Cinderella accepts her stepsisters' apologies and forgives them, allowing them to share her good fortune....

Thirty-seven fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, including The Golden Goose, The Story of Sigurd, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of England and the Continent, including The Princess on the Glass Hill, Snow-White and Rose-Red, Beauty and the Beast, Why the Sea is Salt, and The Yellow Dwarf.

Originally entitled Children's and household tales, Grimm's fairy tales were first published by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early nineteenth century. This selection contains 80 stories. Also included are more than 45 of Arthur Rackham's marvelous illustrations which inject new life into these timeless tales.

Includes The Happy Prince, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Young King, The Star-Child, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant.

The Princess and Curdie is a children's classic fantasy novel by George MacDonald from late 1883. The book is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest.

The beloved Victorian children's tale now available in its original unabridged edition
Instantly popular upon its initial publication in 1863, The Water Babies is at once a bewitching childhood fantasy and a skillfully woven moral allegory. Tom, a young chimney sweep, escapes his horrendous job and his cruel boss, Grimes, when fairies plunge him into a fantastical world under the sea. As he meets and befriends his fellow...

Originally titledChildren's and Household Tales,The Complete Grimm's Fairy Talescontains the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for the better part of two centuries.The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German linguists and cultural researchers who gathered legendary folklore and aimed to collect the stories exactly as they heard them.2012 marked the 200th anniversary ofGrimm's Fairy Tales, and what better

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A little princess is protected by her silver-haired great-grandmother and by her friend Curdie who knows how to frighten the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

22 delightful Japanese fairy tales replete with ogres, goblins, sea monsters, princes and princesses. Compiled by 20th Century Japanese translator, Yei Theodora Ozaki.