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The little mermaid Ariel wants to be human, and nothing - not even a nasty sea witch - is going to stop her. This is a complete retelling of this beloved Disney film The Little Mermaid.

For Red, growing up in Wonderland has been no piece of cake (literally—dessert is outlawed). Her mom, the Queen of Hearts, rules the kingdom with an iron scepter, while Red longs for a life of her own. She’s heard rumors about an island that once housed all the villains of folklore. A place with no rules? It sounds perfect. But then the Queen declares that Red will issue a royal decree at the annual Wonderland Tea Ceremony (aka she'll come up with new ridiculous laws). Of course, Red loathes idea of following in her mother’s crimson-heeled footsteps.

Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step ahead of the strange bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive author of a book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate - the Hazel Wood - Alice learns how bad her luck can really get. Her mother is stolen away - by a figure who claims to come from the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set.

Tossed back into the not-so-familiar fairy-tale world of Never After, Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends set off on another adventure...this time in search of Cinderella’s glass slipper. Or rather, glass slippers. It turns out the classic story of Cinderella is full of lies - starting with how Cinderella herself is far from the innocent heroine everyone thinks she is. She is manipulative and cunning - willing to do anything to be the princess of Eastphalia. The real heroines of her story are her “wicked” stepsisters, who aren’t actually wicked at all!

> The Wonderful O tells of a man named Black who despised the letter "O". He deleted it from his language and omitted it from his words. Opals, moonstones, owls and oaks could not possibly be his items of choice. He preferred emeralds, rubies, sapphires and maps. At least they had no "O". Soon he wanted his entire village to omit the letter "O". But the villagers found words they would not do without HOPE, LOVE, VALOR, and the most important one of all.

When her mother falls ill, brave Kameko sets off on a journey to bring back the jewel from the Monkey-King’s crown, known for its healing properties. Along the way she is helped by both people and kindly divinities, but will the Monkey-King give up his jewel so easily? Kameko and the Monkey-King is a magical story, showing that courage and kindness bring unexpected gifts.

Children discover a playful magical creature in the bayou.

Laissez-vous porter par le jeune Gwo-Ka, au son de sa guitare sur des rythmes caribéens Gwo-Ka et découvrez ses formidables aventures sur un chemin initiatique plein de rebondissements... en compagnie de ses deux copains, les crabes Ti-cirique et Touloulou.

Intended for parents to listen along with their children: This is a beautifully descriptive retelling of the original Hansel and Gretel story set in modern-day Montana. Told by Gretel herself, it weaves into the fairy tale wonderful new oddities and characters.

When Princess Glori wishes for a charming prince and he doesn't turn up, she becomes impatient and wishes again and again..."I wish he may, I wish he might, come sailing through though starry night. I wish he is, I wish he be, a charming prince who loves just me." Will Glori ever find her true prince?

Her mother warned Moriah the turtle about the fisherman’s net. In fact, her dad got caught in a net long ago and never returned home. Now she’s trapped! Oh, what can she do? What will happen to her? Misty the mermaid, Moriah’s best friend, comes to her aid in a unique way.