Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.

At the end of an enchanted evening a glass slipper is lost, but true love is found. Young and beautiful, Cinderella is forced to work as a servant, and as the day for the royal ball approaches, she fears that she will not be allowed to attend. But with the help of a fairy, a single magical night brings her to the attention of a prince and changes her life forever. Charles Perrault's "Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper," and the Brothers Grimm's...

When Princess Irene and her nurse are attacked by evil goblins, Curdie, a young boy working in the mines, rescues them, receives the promise of a kiss as a reward, and finds himself in danger when he discovers the goblins plot to take over the Royal house.

Relates how the wares of the little match girl illuminated her cold world.

Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful Lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

The adventures of Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, who is stolen by fairies and turned into a water baby.

Describes the adventures of Thumbeline, a little girl no bigger than a thumb, and her animal friends: a frog, a field mouse, a June bug, a bird, and a mole.

Resets the tale of the Gingerbread boy in the southwest, where the scrumptious Gordita eludes her pursuers until she meets a clever owl. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a gorditas recipe.