As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted to them by an enchanted fish.

A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children lost in the woods find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

After releasing a captive genie from a bottle, a poor fisherman must rely on his wits when instead of wishes the genie promises revenge.

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

This text gives the basics of the plot of the nutcracker ballet so parents can introduce the story to their young children.

Retells the classic German version of Snow White, together with three similar tales--Marigo of the Forty Dragons from Albania, The unnatural mother and the girl with a star on her forehead from Mozambique, and The magic needle from Turkey.

Retells the classic French version of Cinderella, along with three similar tales: Rhodopis from Egypt, Yeh-Shen from China, and Little Burnt Face from the Micmac Indians of the Canadian Maritimes.

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

Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!