Showing titles in Adaptations

¡¿A quién le gustan las cucarachas?! Pues esta cucarachita, ¡les va a encantar! Esta tierna historia musical nos enseña que cultivar la paciencia nos premiará con el regalo del verdadero amor y la amistad.

Practice your math skills while enjoying this quirky take on "The Princess and the Pea". The king and queen and their three sons are on the search for a real princess, but it is only the queen who knows the secret.

Tiger Lily and her community, the Indigenous people of Neverland, possess a unique ability: they can choose to grow up. But for now, Tiger Lily is enjoying being thirteen, spending time with her grandmother and exploring alongside her horse and her friends. Then Tiger Lily uncovers a plot by two of Captain Hook's pirates, who are searching for a mysterious, powerful treasure. Determined to protect Neverland, Tiger Lily sets out on a very grown-up mission.

Little Green Raincape is on her way to Rapunzel's party, deep in the wild woods. The way is long and dark, but Green is a smart girl. Smart enough to turn down apples offered by kindly old ladies, smart enough to turn down travel advice from helpful wolves, and above all, smart enough to solve a wealth of classic fairy tale problems - not least mend a lovelorn beast's broken heart. Once Upon a Wild Wood is a richly imagined story packed full of familiar fairy tale characters as you've never seen them before.

Stinky's Stories #4: Moldy-locks and The Three Bears has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Something dark and devious lurks in the moors around Roisin Dubh’s home, and it’s her duty to stamp it out before it gets its claws into the humans she’s vowed to protect.…even though those humans would kill her on sight if they knew she was Fae. As a member of the Raven Court of Neverknoll, Roisin is bound by a vow to protect the humans of Gwenlyre from dark Fae at all costs. For her entire life, she’s done her best to blend in with the humans by day and protect them by night. But now, something sinister has entered Gwenlyre.

Jealous of her beauty, Snow White’s stepmother sends her to the forest, never to return. Alone and afraid, Snow White makes seven kind friends who promise to keep her safe. But can they protect Snow White from her stepmother’s magic? Based on the original story by the Brothers Grimm, this exquisite retelling of the classic fairy tale will delight a new generation of listeners.

When Ellie's older brother turns 13, she wants to see him "transform'" into a teenager for herself. She is shocked to witness her brother kidnapped by goblins and replaced with a clone. Together, they embark upon an adventure to rescue her brother, whose destiny begins to take shape, as he must attempt to incite a rebellion against the goblins that try to enslave him. The siblings combine their efforts with the fairies in their fateful struggle against the Tooth Goblins.

“Mama and Papa, I’m hungry!” says baby goat Gruff. Mama goat and Papa goat Gruff say, “Yes, we’re starving, too." Baby goat Gruff asks, “Can we cross over the bridge to greener pastures?” Mama Goat and Papa Goat Gruff answer, “Yes, but a troll lives by the bridge. We have to use our wits to cross over the bridge without being eaten by the troll.” How will the goats outwit the troll?

Two folk tales to enjoy: Daldre's Dragon is based on The Ugly Duckling by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The lessons learned in this fable are unconditional love begins at home and acceptance of differences. This tale has a range of emotions with action, tragedy, and heartfelt love. The Three Adopted Pigs is a retelling of the classic Three Little Pigs, but with dragons!

The teacher Patrick Healy traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable.

When Rosellen receives a book of fairy tales as a birthday gift, she decides to use its stories as a guide for her own life. From enchanted frogs to lost slippers to 100-year naps, Rosellen wants to be a really-truly Princess just like the ones in her book. Follow Rosellen through five fairy-tale inspired escapades as she discovers that real life problems can't always be solved in story-book style - even if you are a Princess!

Waterfall Island is losing its magic and four very special fairies try to help. They find two humans to come along with them to help them discover what has happened to the missing crystal. They must travel across the land to meet the Fairy King and Queen. In order to make things right in the kingdom, they must first face the Evil Fairy. Will the story end as another happily-ever-after, or will it end in disaster? You will have to listen to find out!

Think you know the truth about Cinderella, well you don't know it right. Why were her step sisters ugly? Did she really have a fairy godmother? Find out how bad she truly was and how she made her sisters out to be the bad guys, in this poetic retelling of the old classic tale.

This is the story of the most beautiful, and the proudest camel of India. When camel thieves find her, she learns that pride comes before a fall.

Once upon a time, there was a girl with golden locks. But that's just the beginning of this tale. The real story begins with a bear. Ursula is a young she-bear who has come to work as a governess at the Vaughn estate. Although she is eager to instruct her young charge Teddy, she is also frightened, especially when inexplicable things happen in the huge house after dark. Ursula is sure she has heard footsteps in the hallways at night, and that something is following her during her walks in the Enchanted Forest.

This is a story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales collection.

Alex has always been more interested in rocks and science than stories about princesses and magic. Now she's far too busy with her summer internship at the Gem and Mineral Museum to think about children's stories. Between avoiding her former best friend and high school baseball star, Luke Reed, and trying to hide her unrequited crush on her mentor at the museum, the real world is occupying all of her time.

Sleeping Beauty has enchanted generations, young and old alike. The king and queen have a fervent wish; to bear a son or daughter. Their wish is answered when a beautiful princess is born. Unfortunately, at the banquet to celebrate the daughter's birth, an evil fairy places a curse on the child, when she is 15 she will be pricked by a spinning wheel and fall into a deep slumber. But such is the joy of the occasion that the curse is forgotten and seldom recalled as the child grows up.

Once upon a time, a fairy tale went very wrong! This new twist on a traditional story is packed with fun, humor, and energy. Long ago, in ancient Japan, two ninja warriors had everything they wanted in life, except for a child. So they decided to bake one! Out of the oven leaped a speedy, sneaky, and brave Ninjabread Man...who went on to cause absolute chaos!

Con el travieso ingenio de un lobo feroz, Roald Dahl reinventa seis de sus cuentos favoritos. ¿Sabías que Blancanieves era la jefa de una banda de enanos apostadores? ¿Que Caperucita coleccionaba abrigos de piel de lobo? ¿Y que el lobo feroz pretendía hacer volar la casa de los tres cerditos... con dinamita?

All Princess Devin's ever wanted is to be a magical-creature caretaker. Just when she gets up the courage to ask about following her passion, disaster strikes. The evil Rumpelstiltskin and Alva cast a curse that nearly destroys Enchantasia, a new villain is on the rise, and the students of Royal Academy find they now have to share their castle with the delinquents from the notorious Fairy Tale Reform School. Devin feels stuck—how can she think about going her own way when her kingdom clearly needs her now more than ever?

For years, Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalin, and the curse that has haunted her from birth—that on the day of her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and cause everyone in the castle to fall into a 100-year sleep. When the day the curse is set to fall over the kingdom finally arrives, nothing—not even Briony—can stop its evil magic.

Jack and his mother have only one old cow. Jack trades the cow for a handful of beans, and his mother becomes so angry that she throws the beans out the window. Overnight the beans grow into a huge beanstalk. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds a giant at the top. Jack sees that the giant has a goose that lays golden eggs. Jack grabs the goose and returns to his surprised mother. Jack returns to the top of the beanstalk and barely escapes. He chops down the beanstalk, and the giant is never heard from again.

When a woodcutter and his scheming wife abandon Hansel and Gretel in the forest, all hope is lost until they come upon a cottage made of tasty sweets. But the owner is not the kindly old woman she pretends to be. Can Gretel save Hansel from the clutches of a hungry witch?

Chicken Little is not afraid of anything, not even a wolf. No matter how big or bad he is. In fact, she's never even seen a wolf. So when a real wolf shows up and ruffles her feathers, what's a fretful fowl to do: Join the frenzied flock and fly the coop? Or find out if this newcomer is as bad as his reputation? The plucky star of Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale goes toe-to-toe with literature's most famous villain in this brilliant comedy spun with sly wisdom.

Jill and Jack and the Beanstalk is a delightfully humorous retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Patrick Healy, a teacher, traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around 500 myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This is the sixth volume of his work, 61 Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Books 1 and 2, in his words. He retold the stories with his opinion and approach to them. Patrick is an Australian writer who has an abiding interest in the folklore of different cultures. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over 25 years as a high school teacher.

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 ?

This is the magical story of Rumpelstiltskin told in rhymes for your delight.

When a crow finds a piece of cheese on the road, she flies to a nearby tree and prepares to eat the tasty treat. Who will eat what (or whom) is up for grabs however, when an overly friendly fox appears below and begins to chat. This beloved fable is retold by popular children's storyteller, Rand Whipple with his trademark humor and wit.

Sześć pięknych syrenek zamieszkiwało morskie wody. Ich ojcem był król morza. Po śmierci królowej wychowaniem księżniczek zajęła się ich babka. Chowane z dala od cywilizacji syreny uwielbiały opowieści o wielkim świecie, ludziach i zwierzętach. Zgodnie z wolą opiekunki każda z nich mogła wypłynąć na powierzchnię po ukończeniu piętnastego roku życia. Najdłużej musiała czekać tytułowa Mała Syrenka. Najmłodsza i najpiękniejsza ze wszystkich sióstr. Podczas swojej pierwszej samotnej wyprawy uratowała ludzkiego księcia.

Here are two short and captivating audiobooks that challenge conventional narratives and offer unique perspectives on classic stories and archetypes. 'The Looking Glass Tales' by Pascal de Napoli and 'Code of Justice-Robin Hood Saga' are not just reimaginations. They are thought-provoking journeys that will pique your curiosity and spark your imagination.

Um clássico conto de fadas, narra a história de uma jovem que, desafiando o aviso de sua mãe, atravessa uma floresta perigosa para visitar a avó doente. No caminho, ela encontra o astuto Lobo Mau, que tenta enganá-la para chegar primeiro à casa da avó. Com um final surpreendente, o conto ensina lições sobre obediência, astúcia e os perigos da desobediência.